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Es lockt und säuselt um den Baum: Wach auf aus deinem Schlaf und Traum, Der Winter ist zerronnen. Da schlägt er frisch den Blick empor, Die Augen sehen hell hervor Ans goldne Licht der Sonnen. Es zieht ein Wehen sanft und lau, Geschaukelt in dem Wolkenbau Wie Himmelsduft hernieder. Da werden alle Blumen wach, Da tönt der Vögel schmelzend Ach, Da kehrt der Frühling wieder. Es zuckt und bebt im Blute was, Die Wimpern werden tränennaß, Es pochet leis im Herzen. O Mensch, du fühlest Frühlingslust, Und Liebe hebet deinen Ernst, Und wecket süße Schmerzen! Es weht der Wind den Blütenstaub Von Kelch zu Kelch, von Laub zu Laub, Durch Tage und durch Nächte. Flieg auch, mein Herz, und flattre fort, Such hier ein Herz und such es dort, Du triffst vielleicht das Rechte.
J. Brahms sets stanzas 1-2, 4
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Baptist Rousseau (1802 - 1867), first appeared in Spiele der lyrischen und dramatischen Muse, first published 1826 [author's text not yet checked 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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Der Frühling", op. 6 (Sechs Gesänge für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 2 (1852), published 1854, stanzas 1-2,4 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Der Frühling", op. 104 (7 Gesänge und Lieder für Alt (oder Bassstimme) mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, 24ste Liedersammlung) no. 7, published 1835 [ alto or bass and piano ], Dresden, Paul [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La primavera", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De lente", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The spring", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le printemps", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfonso Sebastián) , "La primavera", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 134
The wind murmurs alluringly about the tree: Awaken from your sleep and your dream, The frost of winter has thawed. It casts its gaze briskly upward, Its eyes look brightly upon The golden light of the sun. A gentle, warm breeze wafts and rocks in the mass of clouds, Downward like the fragrance of heaven. Then all the flowers awaken, The little birds sing melting sighs, And Spring returns once more. Something starts and shakes in the blood, The eyelashes become wet with tears; There is a gentle throbbing in the heart. O Man, you feel the joy of Spring, And Love lifts you from your seriousness, And wakes such sweet pain! The wind wafts the pollen From calyx to calyx, from leaf to leaf, Throughout the day and throughout the night. Fly also, my heart, and flutter forth, Search here and search there for another heart - Perhaps you will meet the right one.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Baptist Rousseau (1802 - 1867), first appeared in Spiele der lyrischen und dramatischen Muse, first published 1826
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 154