Faith in spring | Though the hedges still be bare

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Frühlingsglaube

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Sind kahl noch die Hecken,
Sind grün doch die Auen,
Und Vögel sich necken
So fröhlich im Blauen!

  Und fehlt's noch am Regen, 
Ist blau doch der Himmel, 
Und harrt an den Wegen 
Der Knospen Gewimmel!

  Sind rauh noch die Lüfte,
Die Lerchen doch steigen,
Als wehten die Düfte
Schon rings von den Zweigen!

  Dein Harren und Hoffen, 
Laß nimmer dir's rauben: 
Noch immer steht offen 
Der Himmel dem Glauben!

Confirmed with Neue Lieder von Friedrich Oser (1874-1884), Basel: Verlag von M. Bernheim, 1885, page 12-13.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Frühlingsglaube", appears in Neue Lieder, in Erstes Buch, no. 12 [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 Fredrik Pacius (1809 - 1891) [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Faith in spring", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2024-12-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 71

Faith in spring

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Though the hedges still be bare,
The meadows are nevertheless green,
And birds tease each other
So joyfully in the blue!

  And though there is yet a dearth of rain,
The sky is nevertheless blue,
And along the pathways
Waits the teeming mass of buds!

  Though the breezes are still harsh,
The larks nevertheless ascend
As if scents were already
Wafting from the branches round about!

  Your waiting and hoping,
Let it never be taken from you:
Heaven still stands open
For your faith!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Frühlingsglaube", appears in Neue Lieder, in Erstes Buch, no. 12
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This text was added to the website: 2025-02-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 85