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Der Lenz ist da Und fern und nah Gibt's neue Weisen und Lieder; Wie einst Merlin, So lausch ich hin Und Alles schreib' ich nieder. Hoch in der Luft, Was die Lerche ruft, Was die Drossel klagt [im]1 Holunder, Was den Rosen all' [Die Nachtigall Flötet: Sagen und Wunder]2, Was die Schlange klug Ihre Kinder frug, Die im Sonnenlichte schillern; Was Hänfling und Fink Im Fluge flink Einander zwitschern und trillern,3 Was die Vögel gewusst, Die voll Wanderlust Aus dem Süden erst gekommen, Was im Walde tief [An]4 Märchen schlief, Hab' Alles, Alles vernommen. Hab' es abgelauscht, Was lenzberauscht Die Glockenblumen läuten; -- Lieder und Melodie'n, Wie Merlin Kann ich sie deuten.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Heinrich Leuthold, Dritte vermehrte Auflage, Frauenfeld, Verlag von J. Huber, 1884, p. 18.
1 Mikorey: "dem"2 Wurm: "Flötet die Nachtigall / Die lieblichsten Sagen und Wunder"
3 Wurm adds "Tiö, Tiö, Tiö, Tiö, Tiö, Tiö, Tiö, Tiö"
4 Huber: "In"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Leuthold (1827 - 1879), "Liederfrühling", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Vermischte Gedichte [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 Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Liederfrühling", op. 52 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, published 1903 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: C.A. Challier & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Hess , "Schwarzdorn", op. 8 no. 5, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from Blumensprache. Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Dresden, Ries [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Liederfrühling", op. 72 no. 1 [ four soli, mixed chorus, and piano four-hands ], from Lenz und Liebeslieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Liederfrühling", op. 53 no. 5, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from Stimmungen. Gedichte von H. Leuthold für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Mikorey (1873 - 1947), "Liederfrühling", published [1901] [ high voice and piano ], from Zwei Frühlingslieder, no. 2, Leipzig, Verlag Hermann Seemann Nachfolger [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Schilling (1849 - 1930), "Liederfrühling", op. 32 (Drei Gedichte für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 2, published 1889 [ medium voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mary Wurm (1860 - 1938), "Liederfrühling", op. 25 (Neun Lieder) no. 7, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Georg Plothow [sung text checked 1 time]
Set in a modified version by Othmar Schoeck.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Florence Z. Marshall) , "Spring music"
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-11
Line count: 30
Word count: 111
Spring is here And far and near There are new melodies and songs; Like Merlin once upon a time I listen well And write down everything [I hear]. High up in the air That which the lark calls, That which the thrush laments in the elderberry bush, That which to all the roses [The nightingale Flutes: legends and wonders]1, That which the serpent cleverly Asked her children, Who were glittering in the sunlight; That which linnets and finches In rapid flight Twitter and trill to each other, That which the birds knew, [The birds] who with the joy of wandering Have only just returned from the south, [All that of fairy-tales which lay Sleeping deep in the forest]3, Everything I noticed, everything. I eavesdropped on that Which intoxicated by spring The bell-flowers were tolling; -- Songs and melodies, Like Merlin I can interpret them.
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of titles:
"Schwarzdorn" = "Blackthorn"
"Liederfrühling" = "Springtime of song"
2 Wurm adds "Tiö, Tiö, Tiö, Tiö, Tiö, Tiö, Tiö, Tiö" (i.e., eight of them)
3 Huber: "That which deep in the forest / Lay sleeping in fairy tales"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2019 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Leuthold (1827 - 1879), "Liederfrühling", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Vermischte Gedichte
This text was added to the website: 2019-05-28
Line count: 30
Word count: 143