In summertime | Oh, soft air full of the scent of flowers

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by Ferdinand Avenarius (1856 - 1923)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Im Sommer

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

O weiche Luft voll Blumenduft,
   O Vogelsang der Auen,
Wie sehnt ich bang mich Monde lang,
   Zu lauschen und zu schauen!
Nun lacht die Erde um mich her 
   Im Sommersonnenscheine --
Der kleine Finke schlägt nicht mehr,
   Die Primel verblühte am Raine!

Die Rosen blühn aus [vollem]¹ Grün,
   Mit lichtem Thau begossen,
Die Sommerpracht ist aufgewacht, 
   Die Knospenwelt erschlossen.
Was scheint die Flur nur heut so leer?
   Ich wandle still alleine --
Der kleine Finke schlägt nicht mehr,
   Die Primel verblühte am Raine!

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• P. Umlauft

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Confirmed with Ferdinand Avenarius, Wandern und Werden. Erste Gedichte, Zweite, neugestaltete Auflage, Florenz und Leipzig: Eugen Diederichs, 1898, page 17.

¹ Umlauft: "vollstem"

Text Authorship:

by Ferdinand Avenarius (1856 - 1923), "Im Sommer" [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 Paul Umlauft (1853 - 1934), "Im Sommer", op. 22 no. 6, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz: C.A. Klemm [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In summertime", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2022-06-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 82

In summertime

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Oh, soft air full of the scent of flowers,
   Oh, birdsong of the meadows
How I anxiously yearned for many moons,
   To harken and to hear!
Now the world smiles about me
   In the summer sunshine --
The little finch no longer sings,
   The primula along the marge has faded!

 The roses bloom from out of the [lush]¹ greenery,
   Watered with bright dew,
The splendour of summer has wakened,
   The world of the buds has been revealed.
Only why does the meadow seem so empty today?
   I walk alone, silently --
The little finch no longer sings,
   The primula along the marge has faded!

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¹ Umlauft: "lushest"

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