Roder kleurt zich de hemel

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by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Liebe säuseln die Blätter

(Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG

 ... 

Seine Tochter, die Liebe,
Baut dem Vogel die Nester,
Paaret Blumen und Blüten,
Führt dem Manne die Männin zu.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 5 of the original text.

This is Hölty's poem in its version posthumously printed in the editions edited by Voß. Hölty's original version differs in several verses (see below).

Composition:

Franz Peter Schubert

Text Authorship:

by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Maigesang", written 1776, first published 1778

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DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Roder kleurt zich de hemel

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

 ... 

Alom groenen de hagen,
Alom bloeien de bomen,
Alom kwett’ren de vogels,
Alom zoemt ook het bijenvolk.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 5 of the original text.

Translation of "Maigesang" = "Meigezang"

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