Cuckoo, cuckoo calls from the wood

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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Kuckuck, Kuckuck ruft aus dem Wald

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Kuckuck, Kuckuck ruft aus dem Wald:
Lasset uns singen,
Tanzen und springen!
Frühling, Frühling wird es nun bald.
 
Kuckuck, Kuckuck läßt nicht sein Schrei'n:
Kommt in die Felder,
Wiesen und Wälder!
Frühling, Frühling, stelle dich ein!
 
Kuckuck, Kuckuck, trefflicher Held!
Was du gesungen,
Ist dir gelungen:
Winter, Winter räumet das Feld.

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• O. Dresel • R. Schumann

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Confirmed with Hoffmann's von Fallersleben Gesammelte Werke; Zweiter Band : Lyrische Gedichte : Liebesleben Fortsetzung, Kinderleben, Berlin, F. Fontane, 1891, p. 320.

Note: the word "Kuckuck" is sometimes spelled "Kuckuk" (or "Kuk-kuk" in scores, since "ck" becomes "kk" when the syllables are separated).

Text Authorship:

by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Frühlingsbotschaft", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Kinderleben, in Die vier Jahreszeiten, in 1. Der Frühling [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Cuckoo, cuckoo calls from the wood

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Cuckoo, cuckoo calls from the wood:
Let us sing,
Dance and leap about!
It shall soon be spring, spring.
 
Cuckoo, cuckoo does not leave off calling:
Come into the fields,
Meadows and forests!
Springtime, springtime, appear!
 
Cuckoo, cuckoo, splendid hero!
What you sang
Was a success:
Winter , winter is beating a retreat.

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Translated titles:
"Frühlingsbotschaft" = "Tidings of spring"
"Kuckuck, Kuckuck ruft's aus dem Wald" = "From the forest one hears 'cuckoo, cuckoo'"
"Der Kuckuck" = "The cuckoo"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Frühlingsbotschaft", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Kinderleben, in Die vier Jahreszeiten, in 1. Der Frühling
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