Sicheln schallen;
Ähren fallen
Unter Sichelschall;
Auf den Mädchenhüten
Zittern blaue Blüten;
Freud' ist überall!
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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.
Composition:
Set to music by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Zur Erndtezeit", published 1842, stanza 1 [ vocal trio a cappella ], from Zwölf Kinderlieder für Schule und Haus, von Ernst Moritz Arndt, Agnes Franz, Fr. Güll, Hölty, Wilh. Müller, Christoph Schmid, K.W. Wiedenfeld etc. zwei- und dreistimmig, no. 4
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DAN Danish (Dansk) [singable] (Rasmus Frankenau) , "Vipper springe over klinge", first published 1799
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Oogstlied", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Sickles clang", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Francis L. Soper) , "May Song", appears in Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes, first published 1850 [an adaptation]
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust
[Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull , Peter Rastl
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 94
Dringuen les falçs,
les espigues cauen
sota el dring de les falçs;
als capells de les noies
flors blaves es belluguen;
hi ha joia a tot arreu!
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