I want to sing happy songs

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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Frohe Lieder will ich singen

(Sung text for setting by P. von Decker)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Frohe Lieder will ich singen
Und vergessen allen Schmerz,
Und ich will mich fröhlich schwingen
Mit der Lerche himmelwärts.

Denn der Frühling hat mir wieder
Aufgethan sein weiches Herz,
Und so steigen meine Lieder
Mit der Lerche himmelwärts.

Und es lauschen rings auf Erden
Knosp' und Blüth' und Stein und Erz:
Sollt' es nie denn kund dir werden 
Wie dich liebt mein ganzes Herz?

Composition:

Pauline von Decker

Fünf Lieder

Text Authorship:

by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Buch der Liebe, no. 150

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ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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I want to sing happy songs

(Sung text translation for setting by P. von Decker)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I want to sing happy songs
And to forget all my pain,
And I want to sail joyfully,
With the lark, toward the heavens.

For spring has once again
Opened its abundant heart,
And thus my songs mount
With the lark, toward the heavens.

And listening on the earth, 'round about,
Bud and bloom, stone and ore:
Could you not know
How much my glad heart loves you?

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This text was added to the website: 2023-04-24
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Word count: 68