My springtime | The trees are greening all around

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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Die Bäume grünen überall

Language: German (Deutsch)

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Die Bäume grünen überall,
Die Blumen blühen wieder,
Und wieder singt die Nachtigall
Nun ihre alten Lieder.
O glücklich, wer noch singt und lacht,
Dass auch der Frühling sein gedacht!

Froh wollt' ich sein in Wald und Feld
Und mit den Vögeln singen,
Und wie die ganze Frühlingswelt
Nach Lust und Freude ringen.
Was soll mir Blüt' und Nachtigall?
Du fehlst mir, fehlst mir überall.

O liebes Herz, und soll ich dich
Nun nimmer wiedersehen,
So mag der Frühling auch für mich
Mit Blüt' und Sang vergehen.
Was soll der Frühling doch für mich,
Was ist ein Frühling ohne dich!

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Confirmed with Hoffmann's von Fallersleben Gesammelte Werke; Erster Band : Lyrische Gedichte: Dichterleben, Liebesleben, Berlin, F. Fontane, 1890, p. 344

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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Mein Frühling", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Liebesleben, in Johanna-Lieder, in 2. Im Neckarthale, first published 1844 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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My springtime

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The trees are greening all around,
The flowers are blooming once more,
And again the nightingale sings
Its old songs now.
Oh happy is he who still sings and laughs
Because spring has thought of him as well.

Happy would I be in forest and field
And would sing with the birds
And, like the entire springtime world,
Would strive for pleasure and happiness.
Of what use are blossom and nightingale to me?
I miss you, miss you everywhere.

Oh dear heart, and shall I now
Never see you again,
Then may springtime with blossom
And song also pass away for me.
Of what use is springtime to me?
What is a spring without you!

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Translations of titles
"Andenken" ="Memento"
"Die Bäume grünen überall" = "The trees are greening everywhere"
"Mein Frühling" = "My Spring"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Mein Frühling", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Liebesleben, in Johanna-Lieder, in 2. Im Neckarthale, first published 1844
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This text was added to the website: 2013-11-15
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