Rausche, rausche, froher Bach
Language: German (Deutsch)
Rausche, rausche, froher Bach,
Küsse die Blumen am Ufer wach!
O wie werden sie dir's danken,
Hold zu dir sie niederschwanken,
Und in deinen Wellen licht
Lachend spiegeln ihr Angesicht!
Horch, o horch, mit lautem Ton
Grüßet dich freudig die Amsel schon,
Schau, wie ist's an deinen Borden
Überall schon grün geworden,
Gelt, nun läßt's dir's keine Ruh,
Frischer, muntrer Geselle du!
Ach! wie freuen Busch und Baum
Sich auf den wonnigen Sommertraum,
O wie werden sie sich neigen
Froh zu dir mit ihren Zweigen,
Erlen, Weiden allzumal
In dem lustigen Wiesenthal!
Rausche, rausche, froher Bach,
Bald ist der schlummernde Frühling wach!
Rasch auf deinen schönen Wegen
Zieh dem Lieblichen entgegen,
Bis im Maien, dankerfreut,
Ganz mit Blüthen er dich bestreut!
H. Schläger sets stanzas 1-2, 4
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Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser. 1842-1874, Basel: Benno Schwabe Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 30-31.
Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the capitalized word "überall" becomes "Ueberall", but this is often due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography; since the lower-case version is not "ueberall we use "Überall".
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This text was added to the website: 2006-12-23
Line count: 24
Word count: 128
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Murmur, murmur, merry brook,
Awaken the flowers on your banks with kisses!
Oh, how grateful they shall be,
How gracefully they shall bend down toward you,
And in your bright waves
Their faces shall laughingly be reflected!
Hearken, oh hearken, with a loud sound
The blackbird is already joyfully greeting you!
Look how along your borders everywhere
It has already become green;
That makes you restless, doesn't it?
Flow more quickly, you jaunty fellow!
Ah! how the bushes and trees
Look forward to the bonny dream of summer!
Oh, how they shall happily lean
Down toward you with their branches,
Both alders and willows together,
In the airy valley's meadow!
Murmur, murmur, merry brook,
Soon the slumbering spring shall awaken!
Quickly upon your lovely pathways
Journey toward the lovely spring,
Till in May, gratefully joyous,
Spring shall shower you with blossoms!
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Translated titles:
Am Bach = At the brook
Frühlingslied = Spring song
Rausche, froher Bach = Murmur, merry brook
Rausche, rausche, froher Bach = Murmur, murmur, merry brook
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This text was added to the website: 2006-12-23
Line count: 24
Word count: 144
