Meilied | Groener wordt het duin

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by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Mailied

(Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Grüner wird die Au,
Und der Himmel blau;
Schwalben kehren wieder,
Und die Erstlingslieder
Kleiner Vögelein
Zwitschern durch den Hain.

Aus dem Blütenstrauch
Weht der Liebe Hauch:
Seit der Lenz erschienen,
Waltet sie im Grünen,
Malt die Blumen bunt,
Roth des Mädchens Mund.

Brüder, küsset ihn!
Denn die Jahre fliehn!
Einen Kuß in Ehren
Kann euch niemand wehren!
Küßt ihn, Brüder, küßt,
Weil er küßlich ist!

Seht, der Tauber girrt,
Seht, der Tauber schwirrt
Um sein liebes Täubchen!
Nehmt euch auch ein Weibchen,
Wie der Tauber thut,
Und seid wohlgemut!

This is Hölty's poem in its first version, posthumously printed in the first edition (edited by Voß). Hölty's poem exists in 6 manuscript copies, later versions differ significantly (see below).

Composition:

Franz Peter Schubert

Text Authorship:

by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Mailied", written 1773, first published 1779 [an adaptation]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Meilied", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "May song", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de mai", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 92

Meilied

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Schubert)

See original

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Groener wordt het duin
Blauw de hemeltuin;
Zwaluwen hier weer wonen,
En hun eerste tonen
Kwett'ren vogels los
Door het voorjaarsbos!
 
Uit de bloesemkeur
Waait de liefdesgeur.
Lente groent de velden,
Sinds zij zich kwam melden,
Kleurt de bloemen bont,
Rood de meisjesmond.
 
Broeders, kus die wel!
Want de tijd vlucht snel!
Van een kus in ere
Kan je niemand weren!
Kus dus, broeders, kus,
Nu hij kusbaar is!
 
Zie, de doffer koert!
Zie, de doffer toert
Om zijn lieve duifje!
Kies je ook een wijfje,
Zo de doffer doet,
En wees welgemoed!

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