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Frühlingsstille -- Bäume schwanken Blüthenschwer, Mädchen wandelt in Gedanken Still einher. Seht wie träumerisch das helle Auge schaut, Leise flüsternd spricht die Quelle: "Sie ist Braut." Welch ein Schwirren, welch' ein Fliegen In der Luft, Aufwärts schwebt, dem Kelch entstiegen, Blüthenduft. Käfer summt, es zirpt die Grille, Bächlein rauscht, Plötzlich steht das Mädchen stille, Steht und lauscht. Schnell hat sie im dunklen Flieder Sich versteckt, Denn es eilt ein Mann hernieder, Den sie neckt. Knabe, mit den blonden Locken, Merkt den Scherz, Und nun fliegt er froh erschrocken Ihr an's Herz. Wißt Ihr, wer in Frühlingsstille Zu ihr kam? Käfer summt, es zirpt die Grille: "Bräutigam."
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Confirmed with Günther Walling (Carl Ulrici), Von Lenz zu Herbst. Dichtungen, Zweite vielfach veränderte Auflage, Leipzig und Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Friedrich, 1887, pages 6-7.
Text Authorship:
- by Günther Walling (1839 - 1896), as Karl Ulrici, "Frühlingsstille", appears in Von Lenz zu Herbst: Dichtungen, in 1. Lieder [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 Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Frühlingsstille, Bäume schwanken blüthenschwer", op. 60 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2020-05-28
Line count: 28
Word count: 105
Springtime hush -- trees sway, heavily laden with blossoms, Lost in thought, a maiden comes wandering Along silently. See how dreamily her bright Eyes gaze about, The water-spring speaks with a quiet whisper: "She is betrothed." What a whirring, what a flying there is In the air; Arisen from the calyces wafts upwards The scent of blossoms. The beetle hums, the cricket chirps, The brooklet rushes along; Suddenly the maiden stands still, Stands and listens. Quickly she conceals herself In the dark lilac, For a man is hurrying hither, A man whom she is teasing. The lad with the blond curls Notices the jest, And now, happily startled, he flies To her heart. Do you know who came to her In the springtime hush? The beetle hums, the cricket chirps: "Her betrothed."
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Translations of title(s):
"Frühlingsstille" = "Springtime hush"
"Frühlingsstille, Bäume schwanken blüthenschwer" = "Springtime hush, trees sway, heavily laden with blossoms"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Günther Walling (1839 - 1896), as Karl Ulrici, "Frühlingsstille", appears in Von Lenz zu Herbst: Dichtungen, in 1. Lieder
This text was added to the website: 2020-05-29
Line count: 28
Word count: 131