Origins/Lyrics: Swan Theme from Swan Lake

Subject: Origins: Swan Theme from Swan Lake
From: Joe Offer
Date: 28 Sep 19 - 09:44 PM

One of my favorite melodies is the "Swan theme" from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. I'm wondering what are the lyrics to this theme, and where they came from. I know, of course, that Tchaikovsky was Russian, but it's a fragment of German lyrics that comes to my mind:

"Seht, wie die wilden Schwanen ziehen, hinaus in blauen Firmament."

Googling isn't helping me. Can somebody give me lyrics for this beautiful theme?
Thanks.

Instrumental recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cNQFB0TDfY

Subject: RE: Origins/Lyrics: Swan Theme from Swan Lake
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 28 Sep 19 - 11:10 PM

I love that theme, too, but never knew someone had put words to it. I'd like to see them and an English translation, too.
(Of course that video led me down the rabbit hole to a finale which uses the same theme. This finale uses a happy ending to the ballet.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SXJawzOLS3k#fauxfullscreen
And then I watched a 10-minute clip of the prince, courtiers, and the Black Swan ending with what are quite literally her star turns. I'll leave that for anyone interested to find on their own.)

Subject: RE: Origins/Lyrics: Swan Theme from Swan Lake
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Sep 19 - 04:39 AM

THere are two German songs from the 1970s that are based on the Swan Lake theme:

Vicky Leandros sings Wie die wilden Schwäne zieh'n (1969, the video is from 1971)

Katja Ebstein sings Dort, wo die wilden Schwäne ziehen (1976)

Subject: RE: Origins/Lyrics: Swan Theme from Swan Lake
From: GUEST,Starship
Date: 29 Sep 19 - 05:14 AM

https://muzikum.eu/en/123-4775-83774/vicky-leandros/wie-die-wilden-schwane-ziehn-lyrics.html

Schau wie die wilden Schwäne zieh'n
den Weg, den nur die Sehnsucht kennt
Als wollten sie uns'rer engen Welt entflieh'n
Hinauf zum blauen Firmament

In den Mauern der großen Stadt
wo das Herz ein kleines Zuhause hat
Scheint's als ob wir zufrieden sind
Doch die Zeit verrinnt, und dann sehnen wir
uns weit, weit von hier

So wie die wilden Schwäne zieh'n
Hinauf zum blauen Firmament

Wie ein Fels, der sich nie bewegt
Wie ein Baum, der eiserne Wurzeln schlägt
leben wir voll Zufriedenheit
Doch in Wirklichkeit, da erträumen wir
uns weit fort von hier

So wie die wilden Schwäne zieh'n
Hinauf zum blauen Firmament
Als wollten sie uns'rer engen Welt entflieh'n
Hinauf zum blauen Firmament