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Schön ist das erste Grün in dem Walde, Lieblich der Büsche Blühn an der Halde; Giengest du mit, o wie wär' es doch [Tausend, tausend Mal]1 schöner noch! Schön ist der Vögel wonniger Reigen, Lieblich die Luft in den sonnigen Zweigen; Aber nicht strahlt mir dein Auge zurück, Selig lächelnd des Frühlings Glück!2 Schön wohl und lieblich ist Alles zu schauen, Könnt' ich mit dir nur durchwallen die Auen; Komm denn, ach komm, eh die Blüthen verwehn, Bald muss der Frühling, der holde, [vergehn]3!
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 191-192.
1 Randhartinger: "Tausend-, tausendmal"2 Randhartinger adds
Schön ist der Blumen Nicken und Grüßen, Lieblich der Duft, den sie schicken, die Süßen! Du aber fehlst mir, du Ferne du! Könnt' ich herzu dich wünschen im Nu!3 Randhartinger: "verweh'n"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Schön ist das erste Grün in dem Walde", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 217 [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Schön ist das erste Grün", op. 258 (4 Lieder für Alt oder Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1864 [ alto or mezzo-soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Schön ist das erste Grün im Walde" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2022-07-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 88
Beautiful is the first green of the woods Lovely the blossoming of the bushes at the acclivity; If you were walking with me, oh how it would be Yet a thousand, thousand times more beautiful! Beautiful is the delightful roundelay of the birds, Lovely the air in the sunny branches; But your eyes, blissfully smiling, are not Reflecting the happiness of springtime to me!1 Beautiful, to be sure, and lovely is everything to look upon, If I could only be rambling through the meadows with you; Come then, ah come, before the blossoms are scattered, Soon springtime, lovely springtime, must [pass away]2!
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View text without footnotesTranslations of titles:
"Schön ist das erste Grün" = "Beautiful is the first green"
"Schön ist das erste Grün im Walde" = "Beautiful is the first green of the woods"
"Schön ist das erste Grün in dem Walde" = "Beautiful is the first green of the woods"
Beautiful is the nodding and greeting of the flowers, Lovely the scent that the sweet ones send forth! But I miss you, you distant one, you! Could I but wish you hither in a trice!2 Randhartinger: "be scattered"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Schön ist das erste Grün in dem Walde", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 217
This text was added to the website: 2026-04-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 105