Wie herrlich leuchtet
Mir die Natur!
Wie glänzt die Sonne!
Wie lacht die Flur!

  Es dringen Blühten
Aus jedem Zweig
Und tausend Stimmen
Aus dem Gesträuch,

  Und Freud und Wonne
Aus jeder Brust.
O Erd', o Sonne!
O Glück, o Lust!

 ... 

  Du segnest herrlich
Das frische Feld,
Im Blütendampfe
Die volle Welt.

See also this placeholder for songs with the title "Mailied" that might or might not refer to this poem.

Composition:

Set to music by Enjott Schneider (b. 1950), "Mailied (Die volle Welt)", 2020, stanzas 1,2,3,5 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Lieder der Natur, no. 2, confirmed with a CD booklet

Text Authorship:

• by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Maylied", written 1771

See other settings of this text.

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Meilied", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "How marvellously does Nature shine for me!", copyright ©
• FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canzone di maggio", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (unknown or anonymous translator) , "Canción de mayo", written 2013

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 118