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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs
Frühlingssehnsucht
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Zu knospen freun sich die Bäume schon lang, Zu grünen die Matten am sonnigen Hang, O Frühling, was willst du [auch]1 säumen? Schon singen und jubeln die Vöglein im Chor, Schon lauscht aus dem Hage das Veilchen hervor, Hervor mit seligem Träumen. Zu flattern freun sich die Weste schon lang, Wie rauscht's in den Wipfeln so sehnsuchtsbang! Ei, hast du's, Lenz nicht vernommen? Schon lächelt so hold aus dem Wolkenzelt Die Sonne hernieder auf Wald und Feld, Was zauderst du länger, zu kommen? Zu jauchzen freun sich die Menschen schon lang, Schon klingen im Herzen mit wonnigem Drang Die alten fröhlichen Weisen! O komm denn, o komme, du herrliche Zeit! O komm denn, o komme! die Welt ist bereit, Zu grüßen dich, Lenz, und zu preisen!
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Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 17-18.
1 Randhartinger: "noch"Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Frühlingssehnsucht", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 16 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Frühlings-Sehnsucht", op. 339 (6 Lieder für S., A., T. und B.) no. 2, published 1868 [ SATB chorus ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Frühlingssehnsucht", op. 8 (Zwölf Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 4, published 1880 [ four-part men's chorus ], Zürich, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Flügel (1812 - 1900) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Köllner (1839 - 1891), "Frühlingssehnsucht", op. 44 (Vier Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 4, published 1876 [ ttbb chorus ], Delitzsch: Pabst [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Kossmaly (1812 - 1893) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Jakob Nater (1826 - 1906) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Frühlingssehnsucht", op. 71 no. 1, published 1875 [ men's chorus ], from Vier Frühlingslieder für Männerchor, no. 1, Wien, Buchholz & Diebel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Frühlingssehnsucht" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Rohde (1828 - 1883), "Frühlingssehnsucht", op. 40 (Zehn Duettinnen für zwei Singstimmen mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1873 [ vocal duet with piano ], Breslau: Hientzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Frühlingssehnsucht", op. 32 (3 Chorgesänge für 4 Männerstimme) no. 3, published 1872 [ vocal quartet of male voices ], Nördlingen, Beck [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Frühlingssehnsucht", op. 32b (8 Gesänge für Männerchor) no. 3, published 1891 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Tauwitz (1812 - 1894) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Yearning for springtime", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-02
Line count: 18
Word count: 127
Yearning for springtime
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The trees have long been looking forward to blossoming, The meadows [looking forward] to growing green along the sunny acclivity. Oh springtime, why do you wish to [delay]1? The birdlets are already singing and rejoicing in chorus, The violet is harkening out from the grove, [Harkening] out with blissful dreams. The west winds have long looked forward to fluttering, How yearningly anxious is the soughing in the tree-tops! Ah, springtime, have you not perceived it? From the cloud canopy the sun is already Smiling so beautifully down upon forest and field, Why do you still hesitate to arrive? The people have long looked forward to rejoicing, In their hearts with a blissful urging there are Already resounding the old, joyful lays! Oh come then, oh come, you glorious time! Oh come then, oh come! the world is ready To greet you, springtime, and to praise you!
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1 Randhartinger: "delay yet"
1 Randhartinger: "delay yet"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Frühlingssehnsucht", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 16
This text was added to the website: 2025-02-25
Line count: 18
Word count: 147