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[O]1 Schmetterling sprich, Was fliehest du mich? Warum doch so eilig, Jetzt fern und dann nah? Jetzt fern und dann nah, Jetzt hier und dann da -- Ich will dich nicht haschen, Ich thu' dir kein Leid. Ich thu' dir kein Leid: O bleib allezeit! Und wär ich ein Blümchen, So spräch' ich zu dir, So spräch' ich zu dir: Komm, komm doch zu mir! Ich schenk' dir mein Herzchen, Wie gut bin ich dir!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Leipzig, Weidmann'sche Buchhandlung, 1843, page 533.
1 omitted by Schumann
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- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Wie gut bin ich dir!", 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 Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Schmetterling", 1849. [ sung text not verified ]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Schmetterling", op. 79 no. 2 (1849), published 1849 [voice and piano], from Liederalbum für die Jugend, no. 2, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [ sung text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Vlinder", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "How fond I am of you!", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le papillon", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: John Versmoren , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:34
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Word count: 74
[Oh] butterfly tell, Why do you flee me? Why are you in such haste, Now far and then near? Now far and then near, Now here and then there -- I shall not catch you, I shall not harm you. I shall not harm you: O stay here always! And I were a little flower, I would say to you, I would say to you: Come, come to me! I give you my little heart, How fond I am of you!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 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 August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Wie gut bin ich dir!", appears in Kinderlieder
Text added to the website: 2013-07-03 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:05:16
Line count: 16
Word count: 80