Message from heaven | The springtime wind is knocking at the gates

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by P. Thimotheus Kranich (1870 - 1947)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Himmelsbotschaft

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Der Frühlingswind pocht an den Toren:
Tu auf das Herz; ich bin das Glück!
Was du im Winterleid verloren,
Bring ich mit Jubel dir zurück.

Auch deine Mutter läßt dich grüßen - -
Hör nur den kleinen losen Fink,
Der nimmermüd an seiner süßen
Verträumten Himmelsbotschaft hing!

Nun laß die Trauermelodieen,
Und sei des lichten Lebens froh;
Komm mit, wir wollen heimwärts ziehen - -
Ich bin das Glück, das dir entfloh!

Text Authorship:

by P. Thimotheus Kranich (1870 - 1947), "Himmelsbotschaft", appears in Fink und Nachtigall: Lieder aus dem Klosterfrieden, in Frühlingsstrophe, Ravensburg, Verlag von Friedrich Alber, first published 1908 [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 Max Springer (1877 - 1954), "Himmelsbotschaft", op. 15 no. 5 [ voice and piano ], from Fink und Nachtigall. 7 Lieder aus dem Klosterfrieden, no. 5, Regensburg, Alfred Coppenrath's Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Message from heaven", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-05-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 68

Message from heaven

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The springtime wind is knocking at the gates:
Open your heart; I am happiness!
That which you lost in the sorrow of winter
I bring back to you with rejoicing.

Your mother, too, sends you greetings - -
Only hear the little unfettered finch,
Who never wearied of his attachment
To his sweet, dreamy message from heaven!

Now leave off the mournful melodies,
And take joy in luminous life;
Come along, we shall journey homewards - -
I am the happiness that escaped you!

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by P. Thimotheus Kranich (1870 - 1947), "Himmelsbotschaft", appears in Fink und Nachtigall: Lieder aus dem Klosterfrieden, in Frühlingsstrophe, Ravensburg, Verlag von Friedrich Alber, first published 1908
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This text was added to the website: 2014-10-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 80