Combien de fois le printemps est-il revenu

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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Wie oft schon ward es Frühling wieder

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT FRE

Wie oft schon ward es Frühling wieder
Für die erstorbne öde Welt!
Wie oft schon schollen frohe Lieder
Ihm überall durch Wald und Feld!

Wie oft schon ward es Frühling wieder!
Doch Frühling ward es nicht für mich:
Es schweigen meines Herzens Lieder,
Denn Frühling wird es nur durch dich.

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Text Authorship:

by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Wie oft schon!", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Liebesleben [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 Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Wie oft schon", op. 4 (8 Lieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben) no. 7, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Liebesfrühling", 1878 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Combien de fois le printemps est‑il...

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Combien de fois le printemps est-il revenu
Pour le monde mort et désolé !
Combien de fois ont retenti des chants joyeux
Partout dans les bois et les champs !

Combien de fois le printemps est-il revenu !
mais aucun printemps n'est venu pour moi :
Les chants de mon cœur font silence,
Car le printemps peut seulement venir de toi.

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Translation of title "Liebesfrühling" = "Printemps de l'amour"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Wie oft schon!", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Liebesleben
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This text was added to the website: 2014-11-25
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Word count: 57