Springtime of the singers | Though no one yet sees the approach of springtime

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Sängerfrühling

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Sieht noch kein Mensch den Frühling nahn,
Uns blüht es überall,
Und längst, trotz dem verschneiten Plan, 
Singt uns die Nachtigall. 

  Der Wald schon grünt, der Kuckuck ruft 
Dem goldnen Sonnenstrahl,
Die Lerche jauchzt, und süßer Duft 
Zieht von den Höhn in's Thal. 

  Wie haben's doch wir Sänger gut: 
Gleich schenkt uns Gott zum Lohn, 
Fehlt's aller Welt an Trost und Muth, 
Den schönsten Frühling schon!

Confirmed with Neue Lieder von Friedrich Oser (1874-1884), Basel: Verlag von M. Bernheim, 1885, page 11-12.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Sängerfrühling", appears in Neue Lieder, in Erstes Buch, no. 11 [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 August Barth (b. 1827) [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Springtime of the singers", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2024-12-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 67

Springtime of the singers

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Though no one yet sees the approach of springtime,
For us it is blooming everywhere,
And for a long time already, despite the snowbound field,
The nightingale is singing for us.

  The forest is already growing green, the cuckoo calls
To the golden sunbeam,
The lark rejoices, and sweet scents
Are drifting down from the heights into the valley.

  How fortunate we singers are:
Immediately God already rewards us,
Though the whole world is bereft of comfort and courage,
With the gift of the most beautiful springtime!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Sängerfrühling", appears in Neue Lieder, in Erstes Buch, no. 11
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This text was added to the website: 2025-02-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 88