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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Frühlingsgrüße

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT FRE

Nach langem Frost, wie weht die Luft so lind!
Da bringt Frühveilchen mir ein bettelnd Kind.

Es ist betrübt, daß so den ersten Gruß
Des Frühlings mir das Elend bringen muß.

Und doch der schönen Tage liebes Pfand
Ist mir noch werter aus des Unglücks Hand.

So bringt dem Nachgeschlechte unser Leid,
Die Frühlingsgrüße einer bessern Zeit.

Text Authorship:

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Frühlingsgrüße", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Vermischte Gedichte [author's text not yet checked 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 George Washington Magnus (1863 - 1917), "Frühlingsgrüsse", op. 11 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, W. Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Frühlingsgrüße", WoO. 26 no. 2 (1851) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Frühlingsgrüße", 1876 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Salutacions de primavera", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lentegroeten", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Vœux de printemps", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Lentegroeten

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

Na lange vorst hoe waait de wind nu zacht!
Een beed'lend kind brengt mij viooltjespracht¹.
 
Het stemt mij droef, dat zo de eerste groet
Van 't voorjaar diepe nood mij brengen moet².
 
En toch, dit lieve mooie-dagen-pand
Is mij nog liever uit ellendes hand.
 
Zo brengt aan 't nageslacht ook ons gekrijt
De lentegroeten van een beet're tijd.

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¹ Schumann herhaalt: viooltjes
² Schumann herhaalt: de eerste groet

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Frühlingsgrüße", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Vermischte Gedichte
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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-21
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