Green Spring, sweet May air | Green Spring, sweet May air

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by Johann Gustav Droysen (1808 - 1884)

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Grüner Frühling, süße Mailuft

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Grüner Frühling, süße Mailuft,
warum seid ihr gar so öde?
Tulpen ihr und blaue Winden,
warum glänzt ihr gar so blöde?
Vöglein, und du grämst dich heimlich,
Vöglein in der Linden!

Text Authorship:

by Johann Gustav Droysen (1808 - 1884) [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 Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Grüner Frühling, süße Mailuft", H-U 236 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Michael P. Rosewall) , "Green Spring, sweet May air", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2021-12-25
Line count: 6
Word count: 31

Green Spring, sweet May air

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Green Spring, sweet May air,
Why are you so dreary?
You tulips and blue morning glories,
Why do you glitter so feebly?
And, little bird, you fret so furtively,
Little bird in the linden tree!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Gustav Droysen (1808 - 1884)
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This text was added to the website: 2022-06-16
Line count: 6
Word count: 35