March | In the cool morning air I walked

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by Adolf Ernst (1835 - 1907), as Adolf Stern

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

März

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich bin [bei]¹ in kühler Morgenluft
Den Strom hinabgegangen.
Noch liegt des Frühlings blauer Duft
Von Nebeln trüb umfangen.

Noch schmückt der März mit Reif die Flur,
Doch aller Zweige Beben
Und fern im Ost ein Streif Azur
Verkünden neues Leben.

Ich schaute hin zum lichten Ost,
Um den die Nebel zogen,
Und mit dem Blick hat Mut und Trost
Die Seele eingesogen.

Ich dachte dein: denn drängen sich
Auch Nebel um mein Leben,
Ein Gruß von dir, ein Blick auf dich,
Muß Licht und Klarheit geben.

Und wie im Ost der Azurblick
Den Lenz gewiß [verbündet]²,
So ist durch dich ein volles Glück,
Du [Wonnige]³, verkündet!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• F. Draeseke

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Confirmed with Ausgewählte Werke von Adolf Stern, Mit einer Einführung von Gotthold Klee, Erster Band, Gedichte, Dresden und Leipzig: C.A. Kochs Verlagsbuchhandlung (H. Ehlers), 1906, page 17.

¹ Draeseke: "in"
² Draeseke: "verkündet"
³ Draeseke: "herrlich Weib"

Text Authorship:

by Adolf Ernst (1835 - 1907), as Adolf Stern, "März", appears in Gedichte, in Lyrische Dichtungen, in An Ione [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 Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835 - 1913), "März", op. 2 (Lieder), Heft 1 (Märzblumen) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Alexander Ritter (1833 - 1896), "März", op. 10 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Leichssenring [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "March", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2007-06-19
Line count: 20
Word count: 112

March

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

In the cool morning air I walked
Down along the river.
Springtime's blue scent still lies
Murkily embraced by mists.

March is still adorning the meadow with hoarfrost,
But the trembling of all the branches 
And a stripe of azure far in the east
Foretell new life.

I gazed toward the bright east,
About which the mists were swirling,
And with the sight my soul 
Took in courage and comfort.

I thought of you: for though mists
Roil about my life,
A greeting from you, a glance at you,
Must give me light and clarity.

And as the azure beam in the east
[Is definitely allied with]¹ springtime,
Thus through you a complete happiness,
You [delightful one]², is proclaimed!

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¹ Draeseke: "Definitely proclaims"
² Draeseke: "glorious woman"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Adolf Ernst (1835 - 1907), as Adolf Stern, "März", appears in Gedichte, in Lyrische Dichtungen, in An Ione
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This text was added to the website: 2024-03-06
Line count: 20
Word count: 122