by Christoph Christian Sturm (1740 - 1786)
Translation © by Laura Stanfield Prichard

Der Frühling
 (Sung text for setting by C. Bach)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  DUT ENG FRE ITA
Erwacht zum neuen Leben
Steht vor mir die Natur,
Und sanfte Lüfte weben
Durch die beschneite Flur.
Empor aus seiner Hülle
Drängt sich der junge Halm,
Der Wälder öde Stille
Belebt der Vögel Psalm.

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O Vater, deine Milde
Fühlt Berg und Tal und Au,
Es grünen die Gefilde,
Beperlt vom Morgentau;
Der Blumenweid' entgegen
Blöckt schon die Herd' im Tal,
Und in dem Staube regen
Sich Würmer ohne Zahl.

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Lobsing' ihm, meine Seele,
Dem Gott, der Freuden schafft!
Lobsing' ihm und erzähle
Die Werke seiner Kraft!
Hier von dem Blumenhügel
Bis zu der Sterne Bahn
Steig' auf der Andacht Flügel
Dein Loblied himmelan!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,4,6 of the original text.

Note (courtesy Laura Prichard): This is the second of three songs that Mozart entered in his Verzeichnis on January 4, 1791. Mozart titled the song "Im Frühlings Anfange" (In Spring’s Beginning), but the first edition had the title "Dankesempfindungen gegen den Schöpfer des Frühlings" (Thankful Feelings Toward the Creator of Spring).

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le début du printemps", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Marco Crosetto) , copyright © 2014, (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.
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Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Awakened to new life
Nature stands before me,
And mild breezes weave
Through the snow-covered fields.
Upward from its seed
Sprouts the young stalk,
The woods’ barren silence
Is enlivened by the bird’s psalm.

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Sing praises to him, my soul,
To the god who creates joy!
Sing praises to him and proclaim
The power of his works!
Here, from the hill of flowers
Up to the orbits of the stars,
Lift, on wings of devotion,
Your song of praise heavenward!

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,4,6 of the original text.

Note: this is a translation of Mozart's song.

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