The brooklet swelled to a brook

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by (Friedrich) Julius Hammer (1810 - 1862)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Bächlein zum Bache schwoll

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Bächlein zum Bache schwoll, 
Jauchzender Freude voll, 
Über das Felsgestein
Springt er ins Thal hinein: 
  Frühling ist da! 

Vöglein im grünen Thal 
Wissen's schon allzumal,
Rufen ihm jubelnd zu:
Lüftchen kam eh'r als du,
  Frühling ist da! 

Träumendes Herz, erfährst 
Du es nicht allererst? 
Blüte von Lust und Glanz,
Öffne dich klar und ganz,
  Frühling ist da!

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Confirmed with Julius Hammer, Fester Grund, Dritte Auflage, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1868, page 169.

Text Authorship:

by (Friedrich) Julius Hammer (1810 - 1862), no title, appears in Fester Grund [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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The brooklet swelled to a brook

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The brooklet swelled to a brook,
Full of rejoicing happiness,
Over the rocks
It leaps into the valley:
  Spring has arrived!

The birdlets in the green valley
Already all know it:
They call jubilantly to the brook:
The breeze came sooner than you did,
  Spring has arrived!

Dreaming heart, do you not
Hear of it first of all?
Blossom of joy and radiance,
Open up clearly and utterly,
  Spring has arrived!

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Translations of title(s):
"Frühling" = "Spring"
"Frühling ist da" = "Spring has arrived"

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