Ainsi elle songeait et battit des ailes | Ainsi elle songeait et battit des ailes

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by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) and by Emil Flechsig (1808 - 1878)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

So sann sie nach und schwang die Flügel

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT FRE ITA SPA

Tenor-Solo
 So sann sie nach und schwang die Flügel
 Jetzt über Indiens Blumenhügel.

Vokalquartett
 O süßes Land! O Götterpracht!
 Es flüstern die Palmen sacht,
 Es flimmert die Sternennacht,
 Dort schäumt auf Bernsteingrund das Meer
 Über Korallenriffe her,
 Dort brütet heiß der Sonne Brand,
 Im Schoß der Berge Diamant,
 Es rieseln, reichen Bräuten gleich,
 Die Bächlein hold an Golde reich,
 Dort duften Sandelhaine süß 
 O Paradies!

Note: this text is a translation of part of Thomas Moore's Paradise and the Peri.

Text Authorship:

by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
by Emil Flechsig (1808 - 1878) [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 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "So sann sie nach und schwang die Flügel", op. 50 no. 5 (1843), published 1844, from Das Paradies und die Peri, no. 5, Part I; Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Així ho pensà i baté les ales", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ainsi elle songeait et battit des ailes", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Erano questi i suoi pensieri, e agitò le ali", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-12-13
Line count: 15
Word count: 66

Ainsi elle songeait et battit des ailes

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Ténor solo
 Ainsi elle songeait et battit des ailes
 À présent au-dessus des collines fleuries d'Inde.

Quatuor vocal
 Ô douce terre ! Ô magnificence des dieux !
 Les palmiers chuchotent doucement,
 La nuit étoilée scintille,
 Là, la mer écume sur le fond d'ambre
 Au-dessus des récifs de corail,
 Là le feu brûlant du soleil couve
 Des diamants au sein de la montagne,
 Comme de riches fiancées, coulent
 Des petits ruisseaux adorables, riches en or,
 Là des buissons de santal au doux parfum -- 
 Ô Paradis !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) and by Emil Flechsig (1808 - 1878)
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This text was added to the website: 2012-12-13
Line count: 15
Word count: 82