Spring Love | When the buds all start their springing

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Liebesfrühling

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wenn die Knospen alle springen,
und die Lüfte wehen lau,
wenn die Vögel wieder singen
unterm Himmel klar und blau,
voller Sehnsucht möchtest wiegen
du mit ihnen dich, mein Herz,
über Wald und Ströme fliegen,
immer höher, himmelwärts!

Aber ist dir aufgegangen
Liebesfrühlings Zauberlicht,
ist's, als ob die Engel sangen:
Bleib nur drunten, komme nicht!
Menschenkind, was mag's dir taugen,
mitzufliegen ohne Ruh'?
Schauest in der Liebsten Augen
ja den schönsten Himmel du!

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 180 [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 Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Liebesfrühling", op. 338 (3 Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1868 [ voice and piano ], Bremen, Praeger und Meier [sung text not yet checked]
by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Liebesfrühling", op. 78 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor a capella) no. 1, published 1875 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Stoll [sung text not yet checked]
by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Liebesfrühling" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English [singable] (Michael P Rosewall) , "Spring Love", subtitle: "When the buds all start their springing", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2022-03-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 73

Spring Love

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When the buds all start their springing,
And so mildly floats the air,
When the birds again are singing
Under skies so blue and fair,
Then my heart, athirst and sighing, 
Cradled with them would, in love,
Over woods and streams go flying,
To the heavens, up above!

Yet consider as you’re winging
T’ward the springtime’s magic light,
As though angels to you singing:
Stay below there, cease your flight!
Child of mankind, whence your feeling
Without rest with us to fly?
For the heaven most appealing
Is within your darling’s eye!

Subtitle: "When the buds all start their springing"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 180
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This text was added to the website: 2023-01-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 92