Encisador sona el cant dels ocells

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by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Minnelied im Mai

(Sung text for setting by F. Mendelssohn)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FIN FRE HEB IRI ITA

Holder klingt der Vogelsang,
Wann die Engelreine, 
Die mein junges Herz bezwang,
Wandelt durch die Haine.

Röther blühen Thal und Au,
Grüner wird der Wasen,
Wo die Finger meiner Frau
Maienblumen lasen.

Ohne sie ist alles todt,
Welk sind Blüt' und Kräuter;
Und kein Frühlingsabendroth
Dünkt mir schön und heiter.

Traute, minnigliche Frau,
Wollest nimmer fliehen;
Daß mein Herz, gleich dieser Au,
Mög' in Wonne blühen!

Note: This is the version as published by Voß. The initial version of this poem, according to Hölty's manuscript, has one more stanza and is quite different (see below).

Note: According to Neue Gesamtausgabe Schubert set only stanzas 1 and 2, in his autograph he crossed out the repeat mark at the end.

Composition:

Felix Mendelssohn

Text Authorship:

by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Minnelied", written 1773

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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) , "Minnelied", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Delightfully sound the birdsongs", copyright ©
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant d'amour", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) (Tsippora Samberg) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , no title, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Antonio Zencovich) , "Canzone d'amore", copyright © 2014, (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: 68

Cançó d'amor al maig

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Mendelssohn)

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Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

Encisador sona el cant dels ocells,
quan l’àngel pur
que ha conquerit el meu jove cor,
passeja per el boscatge.

Les valls i les prades floreixen més vermellenques,
l’herba esdevé més verda,
allà on els dits de la meva dama
cullen les flors de maig.

Sense ella tot és mort,
marcides les flors i l’herbam;
i cap posta de sol primaveral
em semblaria tan formosa i serena.

Fidel dona estimada,
no vulguis mai fugir;
a fi que el meu cor, com aquesta prada,
pugui florir en la joia!

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Minnelied", written 1773
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