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Ihr Vögel in den Zweigen schwank, Wie seid ihr froh und frisch und frank Und trillert Morgenchöre. Ich fühle mich im Herzen krank, Wenn ich's von unten höre. Ein Stündchen [nur schleich' ich]1 heraus In euer [ästig]2 Sommerhaus Und muss mich des beklagen; Ihr lebet stets in Saus und Braus, Seht's nachten hier und tagen. Ihr sucht der Bäume grünes Dach, Der Wiese [Schmelz, den]3 Kieselbach, Ihr flieht vor Stadt and Mauer, Und laßt die Menschen [sagen]4 ach, In ihrem Vogelbauer.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Lang: "schleich' ich bloss"
2 Mendelssohn: "lustig"
3 Lang: "Schmelz am"
4 Mendelssohn: "seufzen"
Text Authorship:
- by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Romanzen und Jugendlieder, no. 27 [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 Johann Baptiste André (1823 - 1882), "Im Walde ", op. 47 (Acht zweistimmige Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1874 [ duet for 2 mezzo-sopranos with piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Guido, Freiherr von Bülow (1830 - 1894), "Vogelfreiheit", op. 29 (Fünf Gesänge von August Graf von Platen) no. 2 [ mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Lang (1896 - 1966), "Ihr Vögel in den Zweigen", op. 23 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], from Liederfolge, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Adolf Lorenz, Dr. (1837 - 1923), "Im Walde", op. 41 no. 1, published 1877 [ SATB chorus or men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Im Walde", op. 41 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass im Freien zu singen) no. 1 (1834?) [ SATB quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Tinelot Wittermans) , "O vogels op je schommelende tak", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Tinelot Wittermans) , "In the wood", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Vous les oiseaux, dans le balancement des rameaux", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Tinelot Wittermans
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 81
You birds in the swinging branches, How merry and fresh and free are you With your trembling morning choirs. I feel sick at heart When I hear it from down below. I sneak outside for an hour To go to your pleasant summer house I must complain about my fate; You live in fun and happiness, In the trees, day and night. You seek the green roof of the wood, The pastures green, the streams with stones; You flee from town and wall And leave the people to sigh, oh, In their birdcage.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Romanzen und Jugendlieder, no. 27
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 93