Oh spring, why are you flowing so swiftly and savagely

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by Ernst Konrad Friedrich Schulze (1789 - 1817)

Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Die Blume und der Quell

(Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE

Die Blume.
 O Quell, was strömst du rasch und wild,
 Und wühlst in deinem Silbersande,
 Und drängst, von weißem Schaum verhüllt,
 Dich schwellend auf am grünen Rande?
 O riesle, Quell,
 Doch glatt und hell,
 Daß ich, verklärt von zartem Thaue,
 Mein zitternd Bild in dir erschaue.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

Note: Schubert's fragment breaks off almost at the end of the first stanza, in the middle of the word "erschaue".

Composition:

Franz Peter Schubert

Text Authorship:

by Ernst Konrad Friedrich Schulze (1789 - 1817), "Am 8ten Januar 1814", written 1814, appears in Poetisches Tagebuch, vom 29ten Junius 1813 bis 17ten Februar 1817, first published 1819

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De bloem en de bron", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La fleur et la source", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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The flower and the spring

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The flower:
Oh spring, why are you flowing so swiftly and savagely,
And why are you burrowing into your silver sand,
And, covered with white foam, why are you pressing
Yourself and swelling up against the green bank?
Oh spring, trickle
Smoothly and brightly, will you,
So that, transfigured by delicate dew, I
Can see my trembling face in you.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2020 by Malcolm Wren, (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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ernst Konrad Friedrich Schulze (1789 - 1817), "Am 8ten Januar 1814", written 1814, appears in Poetisches Tagebuch, vom 29ten Junius 1813 bis 17ten Februar 1817, first published 1819
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This text was added to the website: 2020-03-25
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