A maiden in springtime | April's breeze

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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Mädchenfrühling

(Sung text for setting by A. Schoenberg)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Aprilwind;
alle Knospen sind
schon aufgegangen;
es sprießt das Grund,
und 
sein Mund
bleibt so verschlossen?

Maisonnenregen;
alle Blumen langen,
stille aufgegangen,
 ... 
dem lieben Licht.
Fühlt, fühlt er es nicht?

Note for stanza 2, line 3, word 1 ("stille"): in some versions of Dehmel: "heimlich"

Composition:

Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg

7 frühe Lieder

Text Authorship:

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Mädchenfrühling", appears in Aber die Liebe, first published 1893

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Noia a la primavera", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "A maiden in springtime", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Printemps de la jeune fille", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 36

A maiden in springtime

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Schoenberg)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

April's breeze;
All of the buds have
already sprouted forth;
the ground sundered wide,
and
does his mouth 
yet remain closed?

May's sun showers;
all the flowers longing,
silently blooming,
toward the light -
the beloved light.
Can't he, can't he feel it?

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2011 by Michael P Rosewall, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Mädchenfrühling", appears in Aber die Liebe, first published 1893
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-07
Line count: 13
Word count: 42