When the springtime wind merrily | When the springtime wind merrily

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wenn lustig der Frühlingswind

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wenn lustig der Frühlingswind 
Die lichte Welt durchzieht,
Denk' ich an dich!

Wenn jauchzend der Lerche Lied
Zum klaren Himmel dringt,
Denk' ich an dich!

Alles, was schön und froh,
Alles, was licht und gut,
Mahnt mich an dich.

D'rum nicht mit Thränen,
Mit schmachtendem Sehnen,
Bang' ich nach dir!

Ob du mein nimmer denkst,
Ob ich dich nimmer seh,
Du bist mir nah:

Frühlingswind, Lerchensang,
Sonnenschein, Wellenklang,
Alles bist du!

Note: Umlauft's score gives the poet as S.K. (who is a woman since the song is "der Dichterin gewidmet")

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked 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 Paul Umlauft (1853 - 1934), "Wenn lustig der Frühlingswind", op. 22 no. 7, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz: C.A. Klemm [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "When the springtime wind merrily", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-10-29
Line count: 18
Word count: 71

When the springtime wind merrily

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When the springtime wind merrily
Blows through the bright world,
I think of you!

When the song of the lark rejoicingly
Strives upward to the clear heavens,
I think of you!

Everything that is beautiful and happy,
Everything that is bright and good,
Reminds me of you.

Therefore not with tears,
Not with languishing yearning,
Do I miss you!

Though you never think of me,
Though I never see you,
You are near me:

Springtime wind, lark-song,
Sunshine, the sound of the waves,
Everything is you!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2022-10-31
Line count: 18
Word count: 86