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Verschneit noch alle Felder, Und scharf und rauh der Wind; So stumm noch alle Wälder, Und jeder Zweig noch blind! Nur hier am Waldessaume, Wo früh der Schnee zerthaut, Blickt an mich, wie im Traume, Ein grünes Fleckchen traut. O! wie mir gleich so wonnig Das Herz im Leibe lacht, Als ob der Frühling sonnig Schon wär' im Land erwacht! Und hilft mir musicieren Auch noch kein Vögelein: Doch muß ich jubilieren Laut in den Wald hinein!
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 5-6.
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This text was added to the website: 2017-11-23
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All the fields are still covered with snow, And the wind is sharp and rough; All the forests are still so mute, And every branch still blind! Only here along the edge of the woods, Where the snow melts early, As in a dream, there gazes at me A dear little spot of green. Oh! how my heart immediately Laughs so blissfully within me, As if sunny springtime Had already woken in the land! And though no birdlet yet helps Me to make music: Nevertheless I must send my rejoicing cry Loudly into the forest!
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This text was added to the website: 2024-03-28
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