Love's Spring | I saw the Spring once

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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Liebesfrühling

(Sung text for setting by F. Krinninger)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Ich sah den Lenz einmal
Erwacht im schönsten Tal;
Ich sah der Liebe Licht
Im schönsten Angesicht.

Und wandl' ich nun allein
Im Frühling durch den Hain,
Erscheint aus jedem Strauch
Ihr Angesicht mir auch.

Und seh ich sie am Ort
Wo längst der Frühling fort,
So sprießt ein Lenz und schallt
Um ihre süße Gestalt.

Composition:

Franz Krinninger

Text Authorship:

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Liebesfrühling", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Liebesklänge

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Primavera d'amor", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Love's Spring", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Printemps de l'amour", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 57

Love's Spring

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Krinninger)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I saw the Spring once
blossoming in the loveliest valley;
I saw the light of live
in the most beautiful face.

And when I walk alone now
through the grove in Spring,
in every bush
her face appears to me too.

And when I see her in a place
that Spring has long since abandoned,
then a new Spring sprouts and praises resoundingly
her sweet form.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Liebesfrühling", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Liebesklänge
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 66