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Frühlingskinder im bunten Gedränge, Flatternde Blüten, duftende Hauche, Schmachtende, jubelnde Liebesgesänge Stürzen ans Herz mir aus jedem Strauche. Frühlingskinder mein Herz umschwärmen, Flüstern hinein mit schmeichelnden Worten, Rufen hinein mit trunkenem Lärmen, Rütteln an längst verschlossenen Pforten. Frühlingskinder, mein Herz umringend, Was doch sucht ihr darin so dringend? Hab' ich's verrathen euch jüngst im Traume, Schlummernd unter dem Blüthenbaume? Brachten euch Morgenwinde die Sage, Daß ich im Herzen eingeschlossen Euren lieblichen Spielgenossen, Heimlich und selig -- ihr Bildnis trage?
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Nicolaus Lenau, Gedichte, Dritte Auflage, Stuttgart und Tübingen: Verlag der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1837, page 81.
Note for line 7, word 4: Lang has "trunkenen", which is likely a typo.
Text Authorship:
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Frühlingsgedränge", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Frühling [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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Children of spring in a colourful tumult, Fluttering blossoms, scented breezes, Languishing, rejoicing love songs Dash themselves at my heart from out of every bush. Children of spring swarm about my heart, Whisper into it with flattering words, Call into it with intoxicated clamouring, Rattle at long-locked gates. Children of spring, encircling my heart, What do you seek so urgently therein? Did I recently disclose it to you in a dream, While slumbering under the blossoming tree? Did the morning winds bring you the tidings That I have enshrined in my heart Your lovely playmate, That I secretly and blissfully carry her image there?
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"Frühlingsgedränge" = "Tumult of spring"
"Frühlingskinder" = "Children of spring"
"Frühlingskinder in buntem Gedränge" = "Children of spring in a colourful tumult"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Frühlingsgedränge", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Frühling
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Word count: 105