Winter is coming! | Oh dear, you slender streamlets

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by Theobald Kerner (1817 - 1907)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Der Winter kommt!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

O weh, ihr schlanken Bächlein
Durch Wiese und durch Wald,
Der Winter kommt, der Winter kommt,
Macht euch zu Eise bald.

O weh, ihr zarten Blumen
Auf Bergen und im Thal,
Der Winter kommt, der Winter kommt,
Macht welken euch zumal.

O weh, du armer Junge,
Amor, was fängst  du an?
Der Winter kommt, der Winter kommt,
Du hast kein Röcklein an!

O sieh, dort fliegen Störche,
Heb' deine Flügelein,
Zieh mit! zieh mit! im Frühling
Kehr' wieder bei uns ein.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• C. Evers

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Theobald Kerner, Stuttgart: Hallberger’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1852, page 78.

Text Authorship:

by Theobald Kerner (1817 - 1907), "Der Winter kommt!" [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 Carl Evers (1819 - 1875), "Der Winter kommt!", op. 41 (6 Gedichte von Theobald Kerner) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Louis (or Ludwig) Wallbach (1832 - 1914), "Der Winter kommt", op. 47 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Winter is coming!", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 82

Winter is coming!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Oh dear, you slender streamlets
Flowing through meadow and forest,
Winter is coming, winter is coming,
It shall soon turn you to ice.

Oh dear, you delicate flowers
Upon mountains and in valleys,
Winter is coming, winter is coming,
It shall make all of you wilt.

Oh dear, you poor lad,
Amor, what shall you do?
Winter is coming, winter is coming,
And you have no garment on!

Oh look, yonder there are storks flying,
Lift your little wings,
Go with them, go with them! in spring
Return to dwell amongst us once more.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Theobald Kerner (1817 - 1907), "Der Winter kommt!"
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This text was added to the website: 2014-07-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 94