Könnt' ich mit dem Vöglein fliegen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Könnt' ich mit dem Vöglein fliegen
Jubelnd über Berg und Thal,
Leicht und rasch die Schwingen regen
Früh beim ersten Sonnenstrahl;
Über mir wölbt sich das klare
Wolkenlose Himmelszelt,
Unter mir in Morgenfrische
Läg' im Frühlingsglanz die Welt.
Wüsste wohl, wo ich mich ruhte[,]
Fänd' das Haus auch ganz genau[,]
Denn es leuchten d'raus entgegen
Mir zwei Augen hell und blau!
Sänge meine schönsten Weisen
Bis mich träf' der liebe Blick;
Und dann flög' ich fröhlich jubelnd
In mein trautes Heim zurück.
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Könnt' ich mit dem Vöglein fliegen", op. 82 no. 4, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Aus der Frühlingszeit. Ein Liederzyklus von Ottilie von Ahlefeldt-Dehn für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich (1852 - 1916), "Könnt' ich mit dem Vöglein fliegen", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Erstes Lieder-Album, no. 12, Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Could I but fly with the birdlets", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Could I but fly with the birdlets
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Could I but fly with the birdlets
Rejoicingly over mountain and valley,
To move my wings lightly and rapidly
Early in the morning in the first sunbeam;
Above me would curve the clear,
Cloud-free canopy of the heavens,
Below me in the morning freshness
The world would lie in the radiance of spring.
I would know well where I would rest myself,
I would find precisely the house, too,
For from it two eyes, bright and blue,
Shine forth a welcome to me!
I would sing my loveliest lays
Until the dear gaze struck me;
And then, happily rejoicing, I would
Fly back to my familiar home.
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