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Es ist die Luft so weich und lind In einer Nacht geworden, Das Eis zerbricht, der Schnee zerrinnt, Dann grünt es aller Orten. Im dürren Wipfel wiegt sich leis Ein Vöglein voller Lieder; Da blühen alle Zweige weiß, Es blüht im Herzen wieder. Es weint der Schmerz so süß sich aus, [Es jubelt so hell]1 die Liebe, Zu enge wird mir Herz und Haus Für all die Frühlingstriebe. Und blüht's thalaus, und blüht's thalein, Da jubelt's rings auf Erden, Als [müss']2 die Welt im Frühlingsschein Zum Paradiese werden.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Waldblumen. Lieder, Frankfurt am Main: Verlag von G.J. Hamacher, 1872, page 3.
1 Rheinberger: "Und jubelt hell"2 Rheinberger: "müsst"
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), no title, appears in Waldblumen, in Naturstimmen und Lebensklänge [1st edition], in Im Märzen, no. 1 [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 Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Im Märzen", op. 85 no. 4 (1874) [ TTBB chorus ], from Aus dem Sängerleben, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In March", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Gianni Franceschi) , "In marzo", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Gianni Franceschi
This text was added to the website: 2015-04-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 90
The air has become so soft and gentle In the course of a single night, The ice is breaking up, the snow is melting, Then everywhere it grows green. In the twiggy tree-tops a little bird, Full of songs, rocks itself quietly; Then all the branches blossom whitely, In my heart, too, it blossoms once more. Pain cries itself out so sweetly, [Love rejoices so]1 brightly, For me, heart and house become too confining To hold all the urges of springtime. And when it blooms in hill and dale, All around the world there is rejoicing, As if, in the radiance of spring, The world must become a paradise.
1 Rheinberger: "And love rejoices"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), no title, appears in Waldblumen, in Naturstimmen und Lebensklänge [1st edition], in Im Märzen, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2022-12-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 110