by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT CAT ENG FRE SPA
Ernst ist der Frühling, seine Träume
sind traurig, jede Blume schaut
von Schmerz bewegt, es bebt geheime
Wehmut im Nachtigallenlaut.

O, lächle nicht, geliebte Schöne,
so freundlich heiter, lächle nicht!
O, weine lieber! Eine Träne
küss' ich so gern dir vom Gesicht.

Composition:

    Set to music by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Ernst ist der Frühling", 1878

Text Authorship:

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Jean-Pierre Granger) , "Beloved beauty", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Gerardo Garciacano Hinojosa) (Simone von Büren) , "Seria es la primavera", 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.
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Word count: 42