by
Karl Ziegler (1812 - 1877)
Frühlingsankunft
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Es ist mein Herz verengt, verdorrt,
Bedeckt mit Nacht, ein wüster Ort.
Kaum findet Platz ein finstrer Traum,
Es ächzt der Schmerz im engen Raum.
Da kommt der Lenz; die Luft lau,
Die Wälder grün, der Himmel blau,
Die ganze Erd' ein Blumenstrauss;
Es dehnt die Brust sich mächtig aus.
Die Welt so schön, das Herz so weit,
Ström in mein Herz, Weltherrlichkeit!
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Set in a modified version by Heinrich August Marschner.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The advent of spring", copyright ©
Researcher for this page: John H. Campbell
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 63
The advent of spring
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
My heart is constructed, withering,
smothered by night in a desolate place.
One can hardly find a darker dream,
anguish groaning in its cramped room.
Then there comes Spring: the warm air,
the green woods, the blue sky,
the entire land a bouquet of flowers;
it makes the chest expand so powerfully.
The world is so fair and the heart so broad:
let the grandeur of the world pour into my heart!
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 73