Frühlingslied

An Birkenzweigen blättert
der volle Keim herauf,
das frohe Eichhorn klettert
den Stamm hinab, hinauf,
die trägen Winterschläfer,
die Bienen und die Käfer,
und Hummeln wachen auf.

Mit grünen Wasserlinsen
färbt sich der Wiesen Moor,
es hüpft an Schilf und Binsen
der muntre Frosch hervor,
die Wasserjungfern fliegen
am Ufer hin und wiegen
sich froh am jungen Rohr.

Und an den Gartenbäumen
ist alles weiß und grün,
die Maienblümchen keimen,
Hollunder und Jasmin,
bald wird die Ros', o Wonne!
am warmen Strahl der Sonne
für alle Menschen blühn.

Translation(s): ENG

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• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [ author's text not verified ]

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

• by Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Frühlingslied", <<1829. [
   text verified 1 time
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (John H. Campbell) , title 1: "Spring song", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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Spring song

On the birch branches, leaves
are out in full-bud,
the happy squirrel scrambles
up and down the trunk,
the dormant hibernators,
the bees and the bugs,
and bumble-bees awaken.

Duckweed color the
meadow bogs with green,
the frog is tempted forth,
to jump on reed and rushes
the dragonfly flies
o'er the strand and alights
happily on the young reeds.

And on the garden-trees
everything is white and green,
the May flowers sprout forth,
Elder and jasmine,
the rose, o bliss, comes soon!
In the warm sunshine
are blooms for everyone.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe. Go to the text.

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