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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891)

Ich schick' dir die Vögel als Boten
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Ich [schick' dir die]1 Vögel als Boten, 
Denn [and're]2 Diener hab' ich ja nicht;
Sie setzen sich auf die Bäume und Rosen;
Sie sind so müde von all' dem Fliegen;
Sie setzen sich auf die Bäume von Pisa;
Ich schick' dir viel Grüße, du schönste der Rosen;
Sie setzen sich auf die Bäume von Livorno,
Ich lasse dich grüßen, du Blumengesicht.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   G. Jenner 

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Confirmed with Ferdinand Gregorovius, Wanderjahre in Italien, Erster Band, Figuren. Geschichte, Leben und Scenerie aus Italien, Vierte Auflage, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1874, page 306.

1 Taubert: "sende die"; there may be further changes not noted.
2 Jenner: "andere"

Text Authorship:

  • by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891), no title, appears in Wanderjahre in Italien, in Toscanische Melodieen, no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , Tuscan [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Ich schick' dir die Vögel als Boten" [ SATB chorus and piano ], from 12 Quartette aus dem Toskanischen für 4 Singstimmen (SATB) mit Klavier, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ernst Edward Taubert (1838 - 1934), "Ich sende die Vögel als Boten", op. 20 no. 10, published 1872 [ voice and piano ], from Toscanische Melodien von Ferdinand Gregorovius, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 10, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 63

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