Die Bäume grünen überall,
Die Blumen blühen wieder,
Und wieder singt die Nachtigall
Nun ihre alten Lieder.
...
Froh wollt' ich sein in Wald und Feld
Und mit den Vögeln singen,
Und wie die ganze Frühlingswelt
Nach Lust und Freude ringen.
Was soll mir Blüt' und Nachtigall?
Du fehlst mir, fehlst mir überall.
O liebes Herz, und soll ich dich
Nun nimmer wiedersehen,
So mag der Frühling auch für mich
Mit Blüt' und Sang vergehen.
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Composition:
Set to music by Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Die Bäume grünen überall", 1849
Text Authorship:
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "My springtime", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [
Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-06-07
Line count: 18
Word count: 103
The trees are greening all around,
The flowers are blooming once more,
And again the nightingale sings
Its old songs now.
...
Happy would I be in forest and field
And would sing with the birds
And, like the entire springtime world,
Would strive for pleasure and happiness.
Of what use are blossom and nightingale to me?
I miss you, miss you everywhere.
Oh dear heart, and shall I now
Never see you again,
Then may springtime with blossom
And song also pass away for me.
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