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Komm, lieber Mai, und mache Die Bäume wieder grün, Und lass uns an dem Bache Die kleinen Veilchen blühn! Wie möchten wir so gerne Ein Blümchen wieder sehn, Und in die frische Ferne, Ins grüne Freie gehen. Komm, mach es bald gelinder, Dass alles wieder blüht! Dann wird das Flehn der Kinder Ein lautes Jubellied. O komm und bring vor allen Uns viele Rosen mit! Bring auch viel Nachtigallen Und schöne Kuckucks mit!
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Adolf Overbeck (1755 - 1821), appears in Fritzchens Lieder, first published 1775
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Mailied", op. 79 no. 9[10] (1849), published 1849 [ vocal duet with piano ], from Liederalbum für die Jugend, no. 9[10], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 2 times]
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Meilied", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "May song", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ritorna amato maggio", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "Canção de Maio", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-07-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 73
Come, dear May, and make The trees green again, And along the banks of the brook Let the little violets bloom for us! How dearly we would love To see a little flower again, And to walk into the fresh distance And the great green outdoors. Come, make it soon be milder, So that everything blooms again! Then the pleadings of the children Will be [transformed into] a loud song of rejoicing. Oh come, and before you do anything else Bring us many roses! Also bring many nightingales And beautiful cuckoos!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Adolf Overbeck (1755 - 1821), appears in Fritzchens Lieder, first published 1775
This text was added to the website: 2015-03-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 91