Du prächt'ger, lichter Blütenbaum
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Du prächtger, lichter Blütenbaum,
Ja, könnt' ich deuten deinen Traum,
Verstünd' ich deiner Zweige Rauschen,
Was sie für süße Worte tauschen,
Verstünd' ich's, was geheimer Weise
Sich anvertrau'n die Veilchen leise,
Da könnt' ich es singen und sagen ganz,
Wie reich, o Lenz, und wie schön dein Glanz!
Waldvöglein, was du singest hold,
Und was ihr Weste lispeln wollt,
Verstünd' ich's, und du Bächlein helle,
Was lustig plaudert deine Welle,
Würd's durch die Luft mir zugetragen,
Was Sonn' und Himmelblau sich fragen,
Da könnt' ich es singen und sagen ganz,
Wie reich, o Lenz, und wie schön dein Glanz!
Und könnt' ich's fassen in ein Lied,
Was durch das tiefste Herz mir zieht,
Wenn drinnen nicht versenket bliebe
Mein Traum, mein Glück und meine Liebe,
Wenn alles zög' im Jubeldrange
Hin durch die Welt mit vollem Klange,
Da könnt' ich es singen und sagen ganz,
Wie reich, o Lenz, und wie schön dein Glanz!
Composition:
Set to music by Eduard Tauwitz (1812 - 1894), "Du prächt'ger, lichter Blütenbaum", op. 92 no. 11, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], in Neue Musik-Zeitung, 1892, No.7, Stuttgart and Leipzig: Carl Grüninger
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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
You splendid, bright blossoming tree,
Yes, if I could interpret your dream,
If I could understand the soughing of your branches,
Could understand what sweet words they are exchanging,
If I could understand what the violets
Confess to each other secretly,
Then I could sing it and utter it fully
How rich, oh springtime, and how beautiful is your radiance!
Forest birdlet, that which you sing beautifully,
And ye west winds, that which you wish to whisper,
If I could understand it, and, you bright brooklet,
That which your waves prattle merrily,
If it could be carried to me through the air
What the sun and the blue of heaven ask each other,
Then I could sing it and utter it fully
How rich, oh springtime, and how beautiful is your radiance!
And if I could capture it in a song,
That which moves through my deepest heart,
If only my dream, my happiness, and my love
Did not remain buried in there,
If everything moved in the urgency of rejoicing
Through the world with rich resounding,
Then I could sing it and utter it fully,
How rich, oh springtime, and how beautiful is your radiance!
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