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Rausche, rausche, froher Bach,
Küsse die Blumen am Ufer wach!
O wie werden sie dir's danken,
Hold zu dir sie nieder schwanken,
Und an deinen Wellen licht
Lachend spiegeln ihr Angesicht!
Horch, o horch, mit lautem Ton
Grüßet dich freudig die Amsel schon,
Schau, wie ist's an deinen Borden
Überall schon grün geworden,
Gelt, nun läßt dir's keine Ruh,
Frischer, muntrer Geselle du!
...
Rausche, rausche, froher Bach,
Bald ist der schlummernde Frühling wach!
Rasch auf deinen schönen Wegen
Zieh dem Lieblichen entgegen,
Bis im Maien, dankerfreut,
Ganz mit Blüthen er dich bestreut!
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.
Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the capitalized word "überall" becomes "Ueberall", but this is often due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography; since the lower-case version is not "ueberall we use "Überall".
Composition:
- Set to music by Hans Schläger (1820 - 1885), "Rausche, froher Bach", op. 19 (3 Lieder) no. 3, published 1864, stanzas 1-2,4, Wien, Haslinger
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Rausche, rausche, froher Bach", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 31
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2006-12-23
Line count: 24
Word count: 128
Murmur, murmur, merry brook,
Awaken the flowers on your banks with kisses!
Oh, how grateful they shall be,
How gracefully they shall bend down toward you,
And by your bright waves
Their faces shall laughingly be reflected!
Hearken, oh hearken, with a loud sound
The blackbird is already joyfully greeting you!
Look how along your borders everywhere
It has already become green;
That makes you restless, doesn't it?
Flow more quickly, you jaunty fellow!
...
Murmur, murmur, merry brook,
Soon the slumbering spring shall awaken!
Quickly upon your lovely pathways
Journey toward the lovely spring,
Till in May, gratefully joyous,
Spring shall shower you with blossoms!
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.
Translated titles:Am Bach = At the brook
Frühlingslied = Spring song
Rausche, froher Bach = Murmur, merry brook
Rausche, rausche, froher Bach = Murmur, murmur, merry brook
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Rausche, rausche, froher Bach", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 31
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This text was added to the website: 2006-12-23
Line count: 24
Word count: 144