Maintenant je le sais tout de même, c'est à nouveau le printemps

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by Karl Kraus (1874 - 1936)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Printemps allemand

(Sung text for setting by H. Eisler)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Nun weiß ich doch, 's ist Frühling wieder.
Ich sah es nicht vor so viel Nacht
und lange hatt' ich's nicht gedacht.
Nun merk' ich erst, schon blüht der Flieder.

Wie fand ich dies Geheimnis wieder?
Man hatte mich darum gebracht.
Was hat die Welt aus uns gemacht!
Ich dreh' mich um, da blüht der Flieder.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Composition:

Hanns Eisler

Text Authorship:

by Karl Kraus (1874 - 1936), "Flieder", appears in Worte in Versen, first published 1919

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Lilac", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 80

Printemps allemand

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Eisler)

See original

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Maintenant je le sais tout de même, c'est à nouveau le printemps.
Je ne l'ai pas vu pendant tant de nuits
Et pendant longtemps je n'y ai pas pensé.
Maintenant je le remarque pour la première fois, le lilas est déjà en fleurs.

Comment ai-je trouvé le secret à nouveau ?
On me l'a dérobé.
Qu'est-ce que le monde a fait de nous !
Je me tourne, là le lilas fleurit.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-21
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