Grüner wird die Au
Language: German (Deutsch)
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Grüner wird die Au,
Und der Himmel blau;
Schwalben kehren wieder,
Und die Erstlingslieder
Kleiner Vögelein
Zwitschern durch den Hain.
Aus dem Blütenstrauch
Weht der Liebe Hauch:
Seit der Lenz erschienen,
Waltet sie im Grünen,
Malt die Blumen bunt,
Roth des Mädchens Mund.
Brüder, küsset ihn!
Denn die Jahre fliehn!
Einen Kuß in Ehren
Kann euch niemand wehren!
Küßt ihn, Brüder, küßt,
Weil er kußlich ist!
Seht, der Tauber girrt,
Seht, der Tauber schwirrt
Um sein liebes Täubchen!
Nehmt euch auch ein Weibchen,
Wie der Tauber thut,
Und seid wohlgemut!
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludewig Heinrich Christoph Hölty. Besorgt durch seine Freunde Friederich Leopold Grafen zu Stolberg und Johann Heinrich Voß. Carlsruhe, bey Christian Gottlieb Schmieder, 1784, pages 22-23, and with Poetische Blumenlese für das Jahr 1779. Herausgegeben von Joh. Heinr. Voß. Hamburg, bei Carl Ernst Bohn, pages 7-8.
This is Hölty's poem in its first version, posthumously printed in the first edition (edited by Voß). Hölty's poem exists in 6 manuscript copies, later versions differ significantly (see below).
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May song
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The meadow is becoming greener,
And the sky is becoming blue;
The swallows are returning
And the first songs
Of the little birds
Warble through the grove.
From the blossoming bush
The breath of love wafts forth:
Since spring has come,
Love prevails in the greenery,
Colours the flowers with many hues,
Colours the maiden’s lips red.
Brethren, kiss them!
For the years are fleeing!
Surely no one would deny you
One honourably-bestowed kiss!
Kiss them, brethren, kiss them,
Because they are so kissable!
Lo, the male dove is cooing,
Lo, the male dove is fluttering
About his dear dove!
You, too, take a wife,
Like the male dove does,
And be of good cheer!
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