L'amour est si doux au printemps ! | Les vagues brillent et coulent là-bas

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Frühling

(Sung text for setting by C. Stanford)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Die Wellen blinken und fließen dahin,
Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze!
Am Flusse sitzet die Schäferin 
Und windet die zärtlichsten Kränze.

Das knospet und quillt, mit duftender Lust
es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze!
Die Schäferin seufzt aus tiefer Brust:
»Wem geb' ich meine Kränze?«

Ein Reiter reitet den Fluß entlang,
er grüßet so blühenden Mutes,
die Schäferin schaut ihm nach so bang,
fern flattert die Feder des Hutes.

Sie weint und wirft in den gleitenden Fluß
die schönen Blumenkränze.
Die Nachtigall singt von Lieb' und Kuß,
es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze!

Note: in later editions, Heine changed "quillt und duftet und blüht" to "quillt, mit duftender Lust" in stanza 2, line 1. In addition, "vollem Gemüt" was changed to "tiefer Brust" in stanza 2, line 3.

Composition:

Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Frühling", appears in Neue Gedichte, in Romanzen, no. 13, first published 1839

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'amour est si doux au printemps !", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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L'amour est si doux au printemps !

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Stanford)

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Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Les vagues brillent et coulent là-bas,
L'amour est si doux au printemps !
Près de la rivière la bergère est assis
Et tresse les délicates couronnes.

Cela bourgeonne, pousse, exhale et fleurit.
L'amour est si doux au printemps !
La bergère soupire au fond de son cœur ;
« À qui vais-je donner mes couronnes ? »

Un cavalier arrive le long de la rivière,
Il la salue avec une joie rayonnante,
La bergère le regarde approcher, si inquiète.
Au loin la plume s'envole de son chapeau.

Elle pleure et lance dans la rivière qui glisse
Ces jolies couronnes de fleurs ;
Le rossignol chante amour et baisers
L'amour est si doux au printemps !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Frühling", appears in Neue Gedichte, in Romanzen, no. 13, first published 1839
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