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Treib' hin, du letzte Scholle Eis, Brich' auf, du junges braunes Reis, Ich hab' genug an all dem Weiß, Säh's gerne grünen und blühen. Der Lenz steht draußen vor dem Thor, Das Veilchen spitzt sein blaues Ohr, Wie sehr es auch die Nacht noch fror, Es fühlt ein Schwellen und Glühen. Ich athme Würz' und Wonnen ein, Umfaßt von goldnem Sonnenschein, Schon grüßte mich ein Vögelein, Das schüttelte sein Gefieder. Mir selber wird so federleicht, Als ob ins Herz die Liebe schleicht, Der Frühling kommt und lacht und reicht Mir Blumen und neue Lieder.
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Text Authorship:
- by Julius Wolff (1834 - 1910), "Frühling", appears in Singuf: Rattenfängerlieder, first published 1881 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Johannes Doebber (1866 - 1921), "Treib' hin, du letzte Scholle Eis", op. 9 no. 3, published 1889 [ medium voice and piano ], from Drei Rattenfänger-Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Simon [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alban Förster (1849 - 1916), "Frühling", op. 87 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Frank (1847 - 1889), "Frühling", op. 17 (Fünf Lieder für Männerchor) no. 1, published 1883 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Frühling", op. 4 no. 29 (1882/83), published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Hunold Singuf. Rattenfängerlieder nach Julius Wolff's Dichtungen, no. 29, Braunschweig, H. Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Strube , "Frühling", published 1896 [ TTBB quartet and TTBB chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Gebr. Reinecke [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Frühling", op. 55 (Drei Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1886 [ mixed chorus ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Springtime", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 94
Flow away, you last ice floe, Break open, you young brown sprig, I have had enough of all this whiteness, I would gladly see everything become green and blossom. Spring is standing outside the gate, The violet pricks up its blue ear, However much it may still have frozen in the night, [The violet] feels a swelling and a glowing. I breathe in spicy scents and joys, Embraced by golden sunshine, Already a little bird greeted me, It shook its feathers. I myself feel so feather-light, As if love were creeping into my heart, Spring is coming and laughs And hands me flowers and new songs.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Julius Wolff (1834 - 1910), "Frühling", appears in Singuf: Rattenfängerlieder, first published 1881
This text was added to the website: 2014-07-23
Line count: 16
Word count: 106