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Vöglein in den sonn'gen Tagen, Lüfte blau, die mich verführen! Könnt ich bunte Flügel rühren, Über Berg und Wald sie schlagen. Ach! es spricht des Frühlings Schöne, Und die [Vögel]1 alle singen: Sind [die Farben denn nicht]2 Töne, Und die Töne bunte Schwingen? Vöglein, ja, ich laß das Zagen! Winde sanft die Segel rühren, Und ich lasse mich entführen, Ach! wohin? mag ich nicht fragen.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Mendelssohn-Hensel: "Vöglein"
2 Mendelssohn-Hensel: "denn nicht die Farben"
Authorship
- by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben, in Anklänge, no. 1 [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 Stephan Baekers , "Anklänge I", 1979, from Fünf Eichendorff-Lieder, no. 1. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Elise Breiderhoff, née Frey (1849 - 1940), "Sehnsucht", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1895 [voice and piano], Berlin, Ries & Erler [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Anklänge I", 1841. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Aural Allusions I", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 65
Little birds in the sunny days, Blue skies that seduce me! If I could only wield colourful wings, And beat them over mountain and forest. Ah! The beauty of spring speaks, And all the birds are singing: ["]Are not the colours [musical] sounds, And the [musical] sounds colourful wings?["] Birds, yes, I will cease my hesitating! Winds are softly stirring the sails, And I let myself be carried off, Ah! Whither? I do not wish to ask.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2010 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben, in Anklänge, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2010-03-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 77