by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776)
Willkommen, lieber schöner Mai Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch)
Willkommen, lieber schöner Mai, Der unsre Flur verjüngt, Daß ringsum Laub und Blume neu Aus vollen Knospen dringt. Dir tönt der Vögel Lobgesang; Der ganze Buchenhain Am Blumenthal ist Silberklang, Und Bäche murmeln drein. Roth stehn die Blumen, weiß und blau, Und Mädchen pflücken sie, Und tanzen auf der grünen Au: Ahi, Herr Mai, ahi! Ihr Busen ist von Blümchen bunt; Von schöner Melodie Ertönt, und lacht ihr Rosenmund: Ahi, Herr Mai, ahi!
Note: This is the version published by Voß. The initial version of this poem is different (see below).
Composition:
- Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Willkommen, lieber schöner Mai", D 244 (1815?), published 1892 [ vocal trio ], canon, using the first line of stanzas 1 and 2
Text Authorship:
- by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Mailied", written 1773, first published 1781
See other settings of this text.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Meilied", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Welcome, dear beautiful May", copyright © 2016, (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: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2006-04-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 73