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Die Bäume [grünen]1 überall, Die Blumen blühen wieder, Und wieder singt die Nachtigall Nun ihre alten Lieder. [O glücklich, wer noch singt und lacht, Dass auch der Frühling sein gedacht!]2 Froh wollt' ich sein in Wald und Feld Und mit den Vögeln singen, Und wie die ganze Frühlingswelt Nach Lust und Freude ringen. Was soll mir Blüt' und Nachtigall? Du fehlst mir, fehlst mir überall. O liebes Herz, und soll ich dich Nun nimmer wiedersehen, So mag der Frühling auch für mich Mit Blüt' und Sang vergehen. [Was soll der Frühling doch für mich, Was ist ein Frühling ohne dich!]3
H. Marschner sets stanza 1
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Hoffmann's von Fallersleben Gesammelte Werke; Erster Band : Lyrische Gedichte: Dichterleben, Liebesleben, Berlin, F. Fontane, 1890, p. 344
1 Piutti (and some editions of Hoffmann von Fallersleben): "blühen"2 omitted by Dresel.
3 omitted by Marschner and Dresel.
Text Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Mein Frühling", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Liebesleben, in Johanna-Lieder, in 2. Im Neckarthale, first published 1844 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Die Bäume grünen überall", 1849 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Die Bäume grünen überall", op. 155 no. 3, published 1852, stanza 1 [ baritone or alto and piano ], from 6 Liebeslieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben für Alt (oder Bariton), no. 3, Offenbach, André [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Andenken", op. posth. 100 (Vier Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 1 [ SATB quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Piutti (1846 - 1902), "Die Bäume grünen überall", op. 7 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "My springtime", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2007-06-07
Line count: 18
Word count: 103
The trees are [greening]1 all around, The flowers are blooming once more, And again the nightingale sings Its old songs now. [Oh happy is he who still sings and laughs Because spring has thought of him as well.]2 Happy would I be in forest and field And would sing with the birds And, like the entire springtime world, Would strive for pleasure and happiness. Of what use are blossom and nightingale to me? I miss you, miss you everywhere. Oh dear heart, and shall I now Never see you again, Then may springtime with blossom And song also pass away for me. [Of what use is springtime to me? What is a spring without you!]3
Translations of titles
"Andenken" ="Memento"
"Die Bäume grünen überall" = "The trees are greening everywhere"
"Mein Frühling" = "My Spring"
2 omitted by Dresel.
3 omitted by Marschner and Dresel.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 by Sharon Krebs, (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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Mein Frühling", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Liebesleben, in Johanna-Lieder, in 2. Im Neckarthale, first published 1844
This text was added to the website: 2013-11-15
Line count: 18
Word count: 118