Bygone springtime | Now the trees have finished blossoming

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by Gustav Eberlein (1847 - 1926)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Vergangener Lenz

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Nun haben die Bäume abgeblüht,
Und schon zur Frucht getrieben,
Von dem herrlichen, jubelnden Lenzeslied
Ist nur ein Nachhall geblieben.

Vorbei das erste, zarte Grün,
Vorbei die Liebesklage,
Nun brüten die Sänger des Frühlings schon
Im schattig kühlem Hage.

Bald blühet die Rose in voller Pracht,
Und unter flüsternden Bäumen
Kannst du in der schwülen Sommernacht 
Vom vergangenen Lenze träumen.

Text Authorship:

by Gustav Eberlein (1847 - 1926)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Otto Adolf Klauwell (1851 - 1917), "Vergangener Lenz" [ voice and piano ], in: Aus eines Bildners Seelenleben. Plastik, Malerei und Poesie, Stuttgart, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, [1892], pages 59-61 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Bygone springtime", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2024-03-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 60

Bygone springtime

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Now the trees have finished blossoming,
And are already forming fruits,
Of the glorious, rejoicing song of spring
On an echo remains.

The first delicate green is past,
Past is the lament of love,
Now the singers of spring are already
Sitting on their eggs in the cool, shady grove.

Soon the roses shall bloom in their full splendour,
And under whispering trees,
In the humid summer night, you may
Dream of bygone springtime.

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This text was added to the website: 2024-03-12
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Word count: 74