Escape | I want to live in freedom

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by Karl Gottlieb Lappe (1773 - 1843)

Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Flucht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG

In der Freie will ich leben.
In dem Sarge dumpft der Tod.
Sieh nur dort das Abendroth
Um die heitern Hügel weben.
In der Freie blüht das Leben,
In der Enge hockt die Noth.

Eilt, drum eilt hinaus zu streben,
Eh das Herz zu stocken droht!
Licht und Luft und Raum ist noth.
In der Freie will ich leben.
Traute Vögel, laßt uns schweben,
Folgsam der Natur Gebot.

Confirmed with Blätter von Karl Lappe. Erstes Heft. Lied und Leben. Stralsund, 1824. Gedruckt in der Königl. Regierungs-Buchdruckerei, page 76; and with Karl Lappe's sämmtliche poetische Werke. Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Theil. Rostock, Verlag von J. M. Oeberg. 1836, page 60.

First published in an different version, see below.

Text Authorship:

by Karl Gottlieb Lappe (1773 - 1843), "Flucht", first published 1815 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Flucht", op. 64 no. 3, D 825B (1825) [ ttbb quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Partença", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Vlucht", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Escape", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Fred Küttner , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-06-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 68

Escape

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I want to live in freedom,
Death decays in the coffin.
Just look there at the sunset
Weaving around the cheerful hills.
Life blossoms in freedom,
Danger lurks in confinement.

Hurry, so hurry to struggle out,
Before your heart risks coming to a stop!
There is a need for light and air and space.
I want to live in freedom.
Dearest birds, let us soar away,
Faithful to nature's commandment.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Gottlieb Lappe (1773 - 1843), "Flucht", first published 1815
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 70