Already the farmer gladly hurries | Already the farmer gladly hurries

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by Gottfried, Freiherr van Swieten (1733 - 1803)

Translation © by Thomas A. Gregg

Schon eilet froh der Ackersmann

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

Aria: Simon
 Schon eilet froh der Ackersmann
 zur Arbeit auf das Feld,
 in langen Furchen schreitet er
 dem Pfluge flötend nach.
 In abgemessen Gange dann
 wirft er den Saamen aus,
 den birgt der Acker treu
 und reift ihn bald
 Zur goldnen Frucht.

Text Authorship:

by Gottfried, Freiherr van Swieten (1733 - 1803) [author's text not yet checked 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 (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Schon eilet froh der Ackersmann", Hob. XXI:3 no. 3b, first performed 1801 [bass and orchestra], from Die Jahreszeiten, no. 3b, (Frühling) [ sung text verified 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Thomas A. Gregg) , "Already the farmer gladly hurries", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Déjà le laboureur se hâte joyeusement", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Amelia Maria Imbarrato

This text was added to the website: 2009-04-03
Line count: 10
Word count: 42

Already the farmer gladly hurries

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Aria: Simon
Already the farmer gladly hurries 
to work in the field,
In long furrows he strides, 
whistling behind the plow.
In measured motion then 
he throws out the seeds,
That are sheltered by the faithful earth,
And they will soon ripen 
into a golden harvest.

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Gottfried, Freiherr van Swieten (1733 - 1803)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-03-06
Line count: 10
Word count: 46