Spring song | Already nature is slumbering quietly round about

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Frühlings‑Gesang

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Schon schlummert stille rings die Natur, 
Und Blüthenfülle bedeckt die Flur!
Auf feuchten Schwingen kommt kühlende Luft, 
Mir leise zu bringen den [lieblichen]¹ Duft!
Aber ein Leben, ein Keimen durchzieht
Mächtig der Erde träumend Gebiet!
Was nur das Flüstern mir sagen will?
Stille, mein pochendes Herz, sei still!
Alle singt Liebe, Alles [jauchzt]² Glück!
Selige Tage kehren zurück!

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Note: There are three manuscripts of Lang's song.

¹ Lang (V1): "Blüthen-Duft"
² Lang (V1): "singt"

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Frühlings-Gesang" [ voice and piano ], unpublished, undated [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Spring song", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-02-07
Line count: 10
Word count: 60

Spring song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Already nature is slumbering quietly round about,
And a plethora of blossoms covers the meadow!
A cooling breeze comes upon moist pinions,
To quietly bring me the [lovely scent!]¹
But a life, a burgeoning passes mightily
Through the dreaming realm of the earth!
What might the whispering be saying to me?
Be still, my beating heart, be still!
Everything sings love, everything [rejoices]² good fortune!
Blessed days are returning!

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¹ Lang (V1): "scent of the blossoms"
² Lang (V1): "sings"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2023-02-07
Line count: 10
Word count: 71