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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation © by Christakis Poumbouris

Frühzeitiger Frühling
 (Sung text for setting by M. Hauptmann)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT CHI DUT ENG FRE FRL GRE
Tage der Wonne
Kommt ihr so bald?
Schenkt mir die Sonne,
Hügel und Wald?

Reichlicher fließen
Bächlein zumal.
Sind es die Wiesen
Ist es das Thal?

Bläuliche Frische!
Himmel und Höh!
Goldene Fische
Wimmeln im See.

Buntes Gefieder
Rauschet im Hain;
Himmlische Lieder
Schallen darein.

 ... 

Leise Bewegung
Bebt in der Luft,
Reizende Regung,
Schläfernder Duft.

Mächtiger rühret
Bald sich ein Hauch,
Doch er verlieret
Gleich sich im Strauch.

Aber zum Busen
Kehrt er zurück.
Helfet, ihr Musen,
Tragen das Glück!

Saget seit gestern
Wie mir geschah?
Liebliche Schwestern,
Liebchen ist da!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4,6-9 of the original text.

Composition:

    Set to music by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", op. 25 no. 5 (c1840), stanzas 1-4,6-9 [ SATB chorus ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", written 1801, first published 1803

See other settings of this text.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Primavera precoç", copyright © 2021, (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) , "Vroege lente", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Early spring", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Printemps précoce", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRL Friulian (Ermes Culos) , "Buntìmp di primavera", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Πρώιμη άνοιξη", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 103

Πρώιμη άνοιξη
 (Sung text translation for setting by M. Hauptmann)
 See original
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Μέρες λαχτάρας,
Είστε κοντά;
Θα δουν λιακάδα
Δάση, βουνά;

Πλούσια κυλάνε
Οι ποταμοί.
Είν’ οι κοιλάδες;
Είν’ οι αγροί;

Νιότη γαλάζια
Θάλλει ψηλά!
Λίμνη με ψάρια,
Σμήνη χρυσά.

Φυλλοθροΐζουν
Δάσους πουλιά
Και τιτιβίζουν
Αγγελικά.

 ... 

Κάτι σαλεύει,
Πάνω σκιρτά,
Μ’ άρωμα θέλγει,
Μέθη σκορπά.

Λίγο ξεδίνει
Μια άχνα δειλά,
Μα πάλι σβήνει
Στη φυλλωσιά.

Όμως στα στήθια
Ξαναγυρνά.
Μούσες, βοήθεια,
Πνίγει η χαρά.

Τι μου συνέβη,
Πέστε, αδελφές,
Η λατρεμένη
Φάνηκε χθες!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4,6-9 of the original text.

Show a transliteration: DIN | ISO 843

Note on Transliterations

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Greek (Ελληνικά) copyright © 2015 by Christakis Poumbouris, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.

    Christakis Poumbouris.  Contact: chrispou (AT) spidernet (DOT) com (DOT) cy

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", written 1801, first published 1803
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This text was added to the website: 2015-07-02
Line count: 36
Word count: 80

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