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Und ob mit Reif und Nebel deckt Der Winter noch die Auen; Der Lenz entflieht, und sich versteckt Im fernsten Wald mit Grauen: Horch! eine Lerche wagt es doch, Sich in die Luft zu schwingen, Und läßt herab nur heller noch Ihr Frühlingslied erklingen! Wie scharf und rauh die Lüfte wehn, Mischt Veilchenduft sich drunter; Wie schlimm's den Blüthen mag ergehn, Sie harrn getrost und munter! Getrost auch harrt der Sonnenschein, Bald kommt die rechte Stunde! Dann bricht er durch und blitzt er drein, Und weilt im tiefsten Grunde! Sie wissen's: Mag die Herrlichkeit Des Frühlings auch noch säumen, Wie schön, wie schön nach kurzer Zeit Erfüllt sich alles Träumen! Sie wissens: Drum nur hat bedeckt Der liebe Gott die Auen, Daß alle Pracht gleich, süß erschreckt, Ringsum die Welt mag schauen!
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 25-26.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Später Frühling", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 26 [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 Ernst Richter (b. 1815) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Schneeberger (1843 - 1906), "Später Frühling", published 1882 [ satb chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Delayed springtime", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2025-03-18
Line count: 24
Word count: 133
And though winter still covers The meadows with frost and mist; [Though] spring flees and hides itself With horror in the most distant forest: Hark! a lark nevertheless dares To swing itself up into the air, And lets its song of spring resound All the brighter down to us! However sharply and roughly the breezes blow, The violet's scent mixes itself among them; However much the blossoms may suffer, They abide confidently and cheerfully! The sunshine, too, abides confidently, Soon the right hour shall come! Then it shall break through like lightning And dwell in the most secret depths! They[all] know: though the glory Of springtime may yet tarry, How, after a short time, so beautifully, so beautifully, All the dreaming shall come to fulfillment! They know: that only for this reason The dear God has covered the meadows, So that the world, sweetly startled, may see all the splendour Round about at the same time.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Später Frühling", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 26
This text was added to the website: 2025-03-19
Line count: 24
Word count: 157