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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs
Der Mai ist da! See original
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Der Mai ist da, der Mai ist da, So schön, wie ich noch nie ihn sah! Kein Zweiglein, das nicht kam zu blüh'n, Kein Fleckchen, das nicht schimmert grün, Kein Blümlein, das nicht duftet süß, Und fröhlich winkt: Gott grüß! Gott grüß! Der Mai ist da, der Mai ist da, So schön, wie ich noch nie ihn sah! Kein Lüftchen, das nicht Würzhauch bringt, Kein Vöglein, das nicht auf sich schwingt Und singt durch Flur und Wald und Feld: Willkomm, du schöne Gotteswelt! Der Mai ist da, der Mai ist da, So schön, wie ich noch nie ihn sah! Kein Wölkchen, das nicht tiefes Blau Verleihet hold der Himmelsau, Kein Sonnenstrahl, der freundlich nicht Ein neues Leben ruft an's Licht! Der Mai ist da, der Mai ist da, So schön, wie ich noch nie ihn sah! Wie wird das Herz mir weit, mir weit Bei all der Pracht und Herrlichkeit! Nur Freud' und Leben überall, Nur Duft und Glanz und Jubelschall!
Composition:
- Set to music by Ignaz Heim (1818 - 1880), "Der Mai ist da!", subtitle: "Volksweise", published 1869 [ men's chorus or women's chorus a cappella ], in Sammlung von drei- und vierstimmigen Volksgesängen, Zürich: selbstverlag der Kommission, Song no. 219, pages 370 - 372.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Der Mai ist da!", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 37
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2017-06-23
Line count: 24
Word count: 166
May has arrived! See original
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
May has arrived, May has arrived, More beautiful than I have ever seen it! No little twig that has not started blooming, No spot of earth that does not shimmer greenly, No little flower that does not sweetly emit scent And beckon joyfully: God greet you! God greet you! May has arrived, May has arrived, More beautiful than I have ever seen it! No little breeze that does not bring a breath of spice, No birdlet that does not soar upward And sing through lea and forest and field: Welcome, God's beautiful world! May has arrived, May has arrived, More beautiful than I have ever seen it! No cloudlet that does not beautifully Accent the blue of the heavenly meadow, No sunbeam that does not amiably Call new life forth into the light! May has arrived, May has arrived, More beautiful than I have ever seen it! How my heart grows so great, so wide At all the splendour and glory! Only happiness and new life everywhere, Only scent and radiance and the sound of rejoicing!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2025 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Der Mai ist da!", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 37
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This text was added to the website: 2025-04-08
Line count: 24
Word count: 176