Now the roses are blooming | Now the roses are blooming

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Linda Godry

Frühlingslust

(Sung text for setting by R. Schumann)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Nun stehen die Rosen in Blüte, 
Da wirft die Liebe ein Netzlein aus. 
Du schwanker, loser Falter, 
Du hilfst dir nimmer heraus!

Und wenn ich wäre gefangen 
In dieser jungen Rosenzeit, 
Und wär's die Haft der Liebe, 
Ich müßte vergehen vor Leid.

Ich mag nicht sehen und sorgen; 
Durch blühende Wälder schweift mein Lauf. 
Die lustigen Lieder fliegen 
Bis in die Wipfel hinauf.

Composition:

Robert Schumann

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Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Das Märchen von der guten Seele, first published 1850

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (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 (Linda Godry) , "Now the roses are blooming", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , 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: 12
Word count: 68

Now the roses are blooming

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Schumann)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Now the roses are blooming,
love throws its nets,
you tumbling, fickle butterfly
you will never get free again.

And if I were caught
in this time of young roses,
and if it were the captivity of love,
I would fade away in misery.

I don't want to look ahead or have a care;
through blooming woods do I course,
gay songs fly
up to the treetops.

Note: this is a translation of Schumann's version.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2004 by Linda Godry, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Das Märchen von der guten Seele, first published 1850
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This text was added to the website: 2004-07-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 67