Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär

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Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär (2024)
by Ludwig Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano, translated by S. Pavlov

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Oh, when I were a bird This translation of the original poem, from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1806; a collection of German folklore, prepared by L.A. von Achim and C. Brentano) was made for Wikimedia projects by S. Pavlov.

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Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär

Oh, when I were a bird
And had two wings to ford,
I'd rise to thee;
Instead, I stay on earth —
I cannot heave.

Though within my dreams
We stand one by one with thee,
My single word,
Whispering to thy ears,
Leaves me alone.

Any hour shortens the night,
Once again my heart to bite,
Thee again to call,
For thou sent me so many times
Thy whole soul.

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