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Der Schnee zerrinnt, Der Mai beginnt, Die Blüthen keimen Den Gartenbäumen, Und Vogelschall Tönt überall. Pflückt einen Kranz, Und haltet Tanz Auf grünen Auen, Ihr schönen Frauen, Pflückt einen Kranz, Und haltet Tanz. Wer weiß, wie bald Die Glocke schallt, Da wir des Maien Uns nicht mehr freuen, Wer weiß, wie bald Sie, leider, schallt. Drum werdet froh, Gott will es so, Der uns das Leben Zur Lust gegeben, Genießt die Zeit, Die Gott verleiht.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludewig Heinrich Christoph Hölty. Nebst Briefen des Dichters herausgegeben von Karl Halm. Leipzig: F.A.Brockhaus, 1869, page 156, and with Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty's Sämtliche Werke kritisch und chronologisch herausgegeben von Wilhelm Michael, Erster Band, Weimar, Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1914, page 130.
This is Hölty's poem in its original version, posthumously printed in the 1869 edition (edited by Halm) and in the 1914 edition (edited by Michael).
Text Authorship:
- by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Mailied", written 1773 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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Set in a modified version by Franz Peter Schubert, Franz Peter Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Victor Hollaender, Max Renner, J. P. Peiser, Eduard August Grell, Carl Adolf Lorenz, Dr., Gustav Blasser, Adolf Reichel.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "Lentelied / Meilied", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Andrew Shackleton , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2006-11-21
Line count: 24
Word count: 75
De sneeuw verdwijnt, En Mei verschijnt, De bloesems spruiten Op bomen buiten, En vogeltaal Klinkt overal. Pluk gauw een krans En maak een dans Op groene weiden, Ja, mooie meiden; Pluk gauw een krans En maak een dans. Wie weet, hoe snel Al luidt de bel, Dat wij om Meischijn Niet langer blij zijn. Wie weet hoe snel Al luidt de bel. Dus wees verheugd. Dat doet God deugd, Hij heeft ons 't leven Voor vreugd gegeven. Dus pluk de dag Die God je gaf.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Mailied", written 1773
This text was added to the website: 2010-10-01
Line count: 24
Word count: 85