Wartend

Sie trug einen Falken auf ihrer Hand
Und hat ihn über den See gesandt.
Komme du bald!

Er kam mit dem Falken wohl über den See
Und blies ins Hüfthorn vor Lust und Weh.
Komme du bald!

Der Falk flog weit in Wald und Nacht,
Vom Morgentraum ist das Fräulein erwacht.
Komme du bald!

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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 (Jakob Ludwig) Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) , "Wartend", op. 9 no. 3 (1830).

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