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by Franz Adolf Friedrich von Schober (1796 - 1882)

Frühlingsgesang
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Schmücket die Locken mit duftigen Kränzen
  [Und]1 folget der Freude beglückendem Drang,
Begrüßet den Frühling mit heiteren Tänzen,
  Den Sieger, der Alles in Liebe bezwang.

Der Winter bedroht ihn mit schauriger Kälte,
  Der Sommer verfolgt ihn mit flammendem Speer,
Aber er schwebt [unterm blauen]2 Gezelte
  Sorglos und lächelnd auf Düften daher.

        Und die treue Erde 
        Mit Liebes-Geberde
            Eilt ihm entgegen, 
            Es heben und regen
Sich tausend Kräfte in ihrer Brust,
  Und künden der Liebe selige Lust.

        Es rieseln [Quellen]3
        Und Knospen schwellen,
            Blumen erscheinen
            Und in den Hainen
Singt Philomele aus tiefer Brust
  Und kündet der Liebe selige Lust.

Drum schmücke die Locken mit bräutlichen Kränzen,
  [Wem]4 schaffende Kraft noch den Busen durchdringt,
Und huld'ge dem Sieger in [freudigen]5 Tänzen,
  Der Alles mit schaffender Liebe bezwingt.

F. Schubert sets stanzas 1-3, 5 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Franz von Schober. Stuttgart und Tübingen. J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag. 1842, page 10; and with Gedichte von Franz von Schober. Zweite, vermehrte Auflage. Leipzig Verlagsbuchhandlung von J. J. Weber. 1865, pages 8-9.

1 omitted in Schober's 1865 edition
2 Schubert: "unter blauem"
3 Schubert: "die Quellen"
4 Schober (1842 edition; misprint?), and Schubert (D. 709, Alte Gesamtausgabe): "Wenn"
5 Schubert: "heiteren"

Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Adolf Friedrich von Schober (1796 - 1882), "Frühlingsgesang", appears in Gedichte, in Frühlingslieder, no. 3 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Frühlingsgesang", D 709 (1822), published 1891 [ ttbb quartet ], first setting [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Frühlingsgesang", op. 16 no. 1, D 740 (1822), published 1823, first performed 1822, stanzas 1-3,5 [ ttbb quartet with piano ], second setting; Cappi und Diabelli, VN 1175, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó de primavera", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lentegezang", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Spring song", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de printemps", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 126

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