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by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

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

Research team for this page: Lau Kanen [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-06-08
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The leaves whisper love

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 ... 

The leaves whisper love,
The blossoms breathe love with their scents,
The water-spring burbles love,
The nightingale flutes love.

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

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