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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Frühlingsfeier
 (Sung text for setting by R. Strauss)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT FRE SPA
Das ist des Frühlings traurige Lust!
Die blühenden Mädchen, die wilde Schar,
Sie stürmen dahin mit flatterndem Haar
Und Jammergeheul und entblößter Brust:
"Adonis! Adonis!"

Es sinkt die Nacht. Bei Fackelschein
Sie suchen hin und her im Wald,
Der angstverwirret widerhallt
Vom Weinen und Lachen und Schluchzen und Schreien:
"Adonis! Adonis!"

Das wunderschöne Jünglingsbild,
Es liegt am Boden blaß und tot,
Das Blut färbt alle Blumen rot,
Und Klagelaut die Luft erfüllt:
"Adonis! Adonis!"

Composition:

    Set to music by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Frühlingsfeier", op. 56 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5 (1906), published 1908

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Frühlingsfeier", appears in Neue Gedichte, in Romanzen, no. 2

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , "Spring festival", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 212, first published 1887
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Fête du printemps", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "La fiesta de la primavera", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 74

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