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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:
- Set to music by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Frühling", op. 4 (Six Songs of Heine) no. 4 (1874), published 1876 [ voice and piano ]
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
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- 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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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 100
The waves flash and flow in; Love is so lovely in Spring! By the river the shepherdess sits And weaves delicate crowns of wreaths. The budding, the the streaming, with joyous, wafting fragrances - Love is so lovely in spring! The shepherdess sighs from deep in her bosom: "To whom shall I give my wreaths?" A horseman rides along the river: he greets her with radiant cheer, the shepherdess gazes at him shyly, and far in the distance the feather flutters in his cap. She weeps and throws into the gliding river those lovely wreaths of flowers. The nightingale sings of love and kisses; Love is so lovely in the spring!
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Based on:
- 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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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 110