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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Zu spat!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Zu grünen begann's, zu blühen schon, 
Ach wehe! da floh die Sonne davon! 
Und düster und traurig harrten im Thal 
Die Bäume, die Matten allzumal.

Und kommt er wieder, der Sonnenschein, 
Zu spät ist's, zu spät nach all der Pein, 
Zu spät, wie mild er noch lächeln mag: --
Versäumt ist der rechte Frühlingstag!

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 25.


Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Zu spät!", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 25 [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 Carl Machts (1846 - 1903), "Zu spat!", published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Hannover: L. Oertel [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Too late!", 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: 2025-03-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 53

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