In the valley | The little bells of the flowers are sounding

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by Thelyma Nelly Helene Branco (1818 - 1894)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Der Blumen Glöckchen klingen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Der Blumen Glöckchen klingen, 
Und nicken hold sich zu, 
Und muntre Vögel singen: 
Wie schön bist Frühling du!

  Es grüßt die junge Erde 
Des Lichtes erster Strahl, 
Da zieht mit ihrer Heerde 
Die Hirtin in das Thal.

  Wie Brautgesang erschallet 
Ihr süßes Morgenlied; 
Wie's durch die Wälder wallet, 
Und durch die Felsen flieht.

  Da tönt aus blauer Ferne 
Des Senners Alphorn hin, 
Zu Thal zög' er so gerne, 
Im Thale weilt sein Sinn.

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Confirmed with Lieder von Dilia Helena, Mit einem Vorworte von Ludwig Tieck, Berlin: In der Nicolai'schen Buchhandlung, 1848, page 23.

Text Authorship:

by Thelyma Nelly Helene Branco (1818 - 1894), no title, appears in Lieder, in Lyrisches [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

by H. Engel , "Im Thale", op. 6 (Drei Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1893 [ satb chorus ], Leipzig: O. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In the valley", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-04-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 74

In the valley

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The little bells of the flowers are sounding,
And they nod to each other gracefully,
And merry birds are singing:
How lovely you are, springtime!

  The young earth is greeted
By the first beam of light,
There the shepherdess makes her way
To the valley with her flock.

  Like the singing of a bride
Her sweet morning-song rings out:
How it wanders through the forests
And flies through the rocks.

  From the blue distance there sounds
The alphorn of the cowherd,
He would so dearly love to come to the valley,
His spirit tarries in the valley.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Thelyma Nelly Helene Branco (1818 - 1894), no title, appears in Lieder, in Lyrisches
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This text was added to the website: 2025-04-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 98