by Carl Siebel (1836 - 1868)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Frühlingstag
 (Sung text for setting by A. Zemlinsky)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Es ist so still, als wär' es Schlafenszeit,
Als wär' entschlummert Not und Leid,
Gestorben Angst und Qual.
Kein Hauch bewegt die Bäume,
Wie unschuldsvolle Kinderträume
Ziehn leis die Wölklein übers Tal.

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

Composition:

    Set to music by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Frühlingstag", op. 2, Heft 2 no. 1 (1894-6), published 1897, stanza 1

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Spring day", copyright ©


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 65

Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
 It is so quiet, as if it were time to sleep,
 as if suffering and pain were slumbering,
 and as if fear and misery have died.
 Not a breath stirs the trees;
 like the innocent dreams of children,
 the little clouds float gently over the valley.

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

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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    Translation copyright © by Emily Ezust,
    from the LiederNet Archive

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 47