O wie sind heut die Berge schön! Der feuchte blaue Himmel lacht, Und durch die Täler braust mit Macht Von Süden her der wilde Föhn. Der ferne Jura blaut wie Samt Aus dunstig weißer Fläche her, Auf allen Alpen ist ein Meer Von silberweißem Licht entflammt. Der mondelange Winter wich, Schon manchem grünen Hang hinan Blüht Knabenkraut und Enzian -- Nun, meine Seele, freue dich!
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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, pages 511-512.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Schweizer Frühling", written 1902 [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 Hans Leicht (b. 1899), "April", 1952 [ 2 voices unaccompanied ], from Sieben ein- und zweistimmige Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Swiss spring", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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