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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Wir Libellen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wir Libellen
Hüpfen in die Kreuz und Quer,
Auf den Quellen
Und den Bächen hin und her.

Schwirrend schweben
Wir dahin im Sonnenglanz:
Unser Leben
Ist ein einz'ger Reigentanz.

Wir ernähren
Uns am Strahl des Sonnenlichts,
Und begehren,
Wünschen, hoffen weiter nichts.

Mit dem Morgen
Traten wir ins Leben ein;
Ohne Sorgen
Schlafen wir am Abend ein.

Heute flirren
Wir in Freud' und Sonnenglanz;
Morgen schwirren
Andre hier im Reigentanz.

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Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Libellentanz", appears in Kinderlieder [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 Heinrich Fiby (1834 - 1917), "Libellentanz", op. 23, published 1890 [ three-part women's chorus and piano four-hands ], Wien, Rörich [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Libellentanz", op. 105 (Drei Gesänge für drei Frauenstimmen mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1857 [ vocal trio for female voices with piano ], München, Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Libellentanz", op. 116 no. 3, published 1863 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Bruno Ramann (1832 - 1897), "Libellentanz", op. 52 (Zehn Gesänge für zwei Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1878 [ vocal duet with piano ], Breslau, Hientzsch [sung text not yet checked]
  • by August Friedrich Wilhelm Reissmann (1825 - 1903), "Die Libellen", op. 39 (Sechs zweistimmige Lieder für hohe und tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1876 [ duet for high voice and low voice with piano ], Berlin, Simon [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-07-08
Line count: 20
Word count: 70

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