Du feuchter Frühlingsabend,
Wie hab' ich dich so gern --
Der Himmel wolkenverhangen,
Nur hier und da ein Stern.

Wie leiser Liebesodem
Hauchet so lau die Luft,
Es steigt aus allen Thalen
Ein warmer Veilchenduft.

Ich möcht' ein Lied ersinnen,
Das diesem Abend gleich;
Und kann den Klang nicht finden
So dunkel, mild und weich.

Composition:

Set to music by Jakob Adolf Hägg (1850 - 1928), "Im April", 1872 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

• by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Im April", appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lübeck und Bonn

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "You damp spring evening", copyright ©
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Jean-Pierre Granger) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "En avril", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Jakob Kellner , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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