Wenn die Schwalben heimwärts ziehn

Wenn die Schwalben heimwärts ziehn,
Wenn die Rosen nicht mehr blühn,
Wenn der Nachtigall Gesang
Mir der Nachtigall verklang,
Fragst das Herz in bangem Schmerz,
Ob ich euch wiederseh'?
Scheiden, ach scheiden,
Scheiden tut weh.

Wenn die Schwäne südlich ziehn,
Dorthin, wo Zitronen blühn,
Wenn das Abendrot versinkt,
Durch die grünen Wälder blinkt,
Fragt das Herz in bangem Schmerz,
Ob ich dich auch wiederseh?
Scheiden, ach Scheiden,
Scheiden tut weh.

Armes Herz, was klagest du?
O auch du gehst einst zur Ruh.
Was auf Erden muß vergehn,
Gibt es wohl ein Wiedersehn?
Fragt das Herz in bangem Schmerz,
Glaub' daß ich dich wiederseh,
Tut auch heut'
Das Scheiden so weh.

by (Borromäus Sebastian Georg) Karl Reginald Herloßsohn (1804-1849)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819-1885) , "Agathe", op. 39 no. 1.
by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) , "Der Schwalben Heimkehr", 1877, stanza 1.

by Maude Valérie White (1855-1937) , "When the swallows homeward fly", published 1897, from Three Little Songs, no. 1.

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When the swallows homeward fly

When the swallows homeward fly
And the rose's bloom is o'er,
And the nightingale's sweet song
In the woods is heard no more,
Then I think with bitter pain,
Shall we ever meet again?

When the swans fly towards the south
Where the golden lemons grow,
And the sun sinks in the west,
And the hills are all aglow!
Then my heart goes out to you,
And forgetting all the pain,
Hope once more within me whispers
"You will surely meet again".

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

a text in German by (Borromäus Sebastian Georg) Karl Reginald Herloßsohn (1804-1849)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Maude Valérie White (1855-1937) , "When the swallows homeward fly", published 1897, from Three Little Songs, no. 1.

Date added to the website: 2005-07-04.