Mit einer Schlüsselblume | Du herzig’, schöne Frühlingsmaid

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by John Olaf Paulsen (1851 - 1924)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Med en primulaveris

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER

Du Vårens milde, skjønne Barn,
tag Vårens første Blomme,
og kast den ej, fordi du ved,
at Somrens Roser komme.

Ak, vist er Somren lys og smuk
og rig er Livets Høst,
men Våren er den dejligste
med Elskovs Leg og Lyst.

Og du og jeg, min ranke Mø,
står jo i Vårens Rødme!
Så tag da min Blomst,
men giv igjen dit unge Hjertes Sødme.

Text Authorship:

by John Olaf Paulsen (1851 - 1924), "Med en Primulaveris", written 1876, appears in Mol og Dur [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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Med en primulaveris", op. 26 (Fem digt) no. 4 (1876), published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Henzen (1850 - 1910) , "Mit einer Primula veris" ; composed by Wilhelm Kienzl.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English [singable] (Michael P Rosewall) , "With a primrose", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Avec une primevère", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Mit einer Schlüsselblume", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Hans Schmidt) , "Am Strome"

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 66

Mit einer Schlüsselblume

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Norwegian (Bokmål)

Du herzig’, schöne Frühlingsmaid,
nimm Frühlings erste Blüte.
Missacht’ sie nicht, nur weil du weißt,
dass Sommer Rosen bietet.

Gewiss ist Sommer schön und licht,
und Lebens Herbst bringt viel.
Doch Lenz am allerschönsten ist
mit Liebe, Lust und Spiel.

Mein zartes Kind, wir beide sind
erblüht in Lenzes Schimmer!
So nimm meine Blum’,
doch gib dafür dein süßes Herz für immer.

Text Authorship:

Singable translation from Norwegian (Bokmål) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2019 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by John Olaf Paulsen (1851 - 1924), "Med en Primulaveris", written 1876, appears in Mol og Dur
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This text was added to the website: 2019-09-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 62