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Der Mai ist da, der Mai ist da, So schön, wie ich noch nie ihn sah! Kein Zweiglein, das nicht kam zum Blühn, Kein Fleckchen, das nicht schimmert grün, Kein Blümlein, das nicht duftet süß, Und fröhlich winkt: Gott grüß! Gott grüß! Der Mai ist da, der Mai ist da, So schön, wie ich noch nie ihn sah! Kein Lüftchen, das nicht Würzhauch bringt, Kein Vöglein, das nicht auf sich schwingt Und singt durch Flur und Wald und Feld: Willkomm, du schöne Gotteswelt! Der Mai ist da, der Mai ist da, So schön, wie ich noch nie ihn sah! Kein Wölkchen, das nicht tiefes Blau Verleihet hold der Himmelsau, Kein Sonnenstrahl, der freundlich nicht Ein neues Leben ruft an's Licht! Der Mai ist da, der Mai ist da, So schön, wie ich noch nie ihn sah! Wie wird das Herz mir weit, mir weit Bei all der Pracht und Herrlichkeit! Nur Freud' und Lust allüberall, Nur Duft und Glanz und Jubelschall!
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 35-36.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Der Mai ist da!", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 37 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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May has arrived, May has arrived, More beautiful than I have ever seen it! No little twig that has not started blooming, No spot of earth that does not shimmer greenly, No little flower that does not sweetly emit scent And beckon joyfully: God greet you! God greet you! May has arrived, May has arrived, More beautiful than I have ever seen it! No little breeze that does not bring a breath of spice, No birdlet that does not soar upward And sing through lea and forest and field: Welcome, God's beautiful world! May has arrived, May has arrived, More beautiful than I have ever seen it! No cloudlet that does not beautifully Accent the blue of the heavenly meadow, No sunbeam that does not amiably Call new life forth into the light! May has arrived, May has arrived, More beautiful than I have ever seen it! How my heart grows wide, wide At all the splendour and glory! Only happiness and joy everywhere, Only scent and radiance and the sound of rejoicing!
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View text with all available footnotesTranslations of titles:
"Der Mai" = "May"
"Der Mai ist da!" = "May has arrived!"
"Frühlingslied" = "Spring song"
"Lenzes-Wonne" = "Bliss of springtime"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Der Mai ist da!", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 37
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This text was added to the website: 2025-04-08
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