Language: German (Deutsch)
O weiche Luft voll Blumenduft,
O Vogelsang der Auen,
Wie sehnt ich bang mich Monde lang,
Zu lauschen und zu schauen!
Nun lacht die Erde um mich her
Im Sommersonnenscheine --
Der kleine Finke schlägt nicht mehr,
Die Primel verblühte am Raine!
Die Rosen blühn aus vollstem Grün,
Mit lichtem Thau begossen,
Die Sommerpracht ist aufgewacht,
Die Knospenwelt erschlossen.
Was scheint die Flur nur heut so leer?
Ich wandle still alleine --
Der kleine Finke schlägt nicht mehr,
Die Primel verblühte am Raine!
Composition:
Set to music by Paul Umlauft (1853 - 1934), "Im Sommer", op. 22 no. 6, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz: C.A. Klemm
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In summertime", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 82
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Oh, soft air full of the scent of flowers,
Oh, birdsong of the meadows
How I anxiously yearned for many moons,
To harken and to hear!
Now the world smiles about me
In the summer sunshine --
The little finch no longer sings,
The primula along the marge has faded!
The roses bloom from out of the lushest greenery,
Watered with bright dew,
The splendour of summer has wakened,
The world of the buds has been revealed.
Only why does the meadow seem so empty today?
I walk alone, silently --
The little finch no longer sings,
The primula along the marge has faded!
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