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Goldner Frühlingssonnenschein Weckt die Lust der Lieder, Und es klingt durch Feld und Hain Fröhlich auf und nieder. Jubelnd tönt der Vöglein Lied, Bienen summen leise, Lustig pfeift der Wind durchs Ried Seine frische Weise. Selbst das kleinste Sängerlein, Dort das winz'ge Mücklein, Tanzend summt's im Sonnenschein Sich ein lustig Stücklein. Doch kein Lied hat glückbewußt Sich so hoch geschwungen Als ein Lied aus Menschenbrust, Gott zu Lob gesungen.
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Confirmed with Rudolf Dietlein, Woldemar Dietlein, Richard Gosche, Friedrich Polack (eds.), Aus deutschen Lesebüchern: Dichtungen in Poesie und Prosa erläutert für Schule und Haus, Zweiter Band, Vierte Auflage, Gera und Leipzig: Verlag von Theodor Hofmann, 1896, page 443.
Text Authorship:
- by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Frühlingslied", first published 1874 [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 J. Schwager , "Im Frühling", op. 6 (Drei Frühlingslieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 1, published 1888 [ ttbb chorus ], Mannheim: Sohler [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Otto Dorn.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-05-17
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Word count: 69
Golden spring sunshine Wakens the joy of songs, And through field and grove There is joyful ringing up and down. Rejoicingly, the birdlets' song resounds, Bees hum quietly, The wind whistles its new melody Merrily through the reeds. Even the smallest little singer, The tiny mosquito there, Dancing in the sunshine it hums A merry little piece to itself. But no song, conscious of its happiness, Has risen so high As a song from the bosom of a human, Sung in praise to God.
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Translations of titles:
"Frühlingslied" = "Spring song"
"Im Frühling" = "In springtime"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Frühlingslied", first published 1874
This text was added to the website: 2025-05-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 84