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Kuckuck, Kuckuck [ruft]1 aus dem Wald: Lasset uns singen, [Tanzen und]2 springen!3 [Frühling,]4 Frühling wird es nun bald. Kuckuck, Kuckuck läßt nicht sein Schrei'n: [Kommt]5 in die Felder, Wiesen und Wälder!6 [Frühling]4, Frühling, stelle dich ein! Kuckuck, Kuckuck, trefflicher Held! Was du gesungen, Ist dir gelungen: [Winter,]4 Winter räumet das Feld.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Hoffmann's von Fallersleben Gesammelte Werke; Zweiter Band : Lyrische Gedichte : Liebesleben Fortsetzung, Kinderleben, Berlin, F. Fontane, 1891, p. 320.
Note: the word "Kuckuck" is sometimes spelled "Kuckuk" (or "Kuk-kuk" in scores, since "ck" becomes "kk" when the syllables are separated).
1 Grell: "ruft's"; further changes may exist not shown above.2 Schumann, Dresel: "Lasset uns"
3 Schumann adds "Lasset uns singen und springen!"
4 Omitted by Schumann.
5 Schumann, Dresel: "Komm"
6 Schumann adds "Komm in die Felder und Wälder!"
Text Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Frühlingsbotschaft", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Kinderleben, in Die vier Jahreszeiten, in 1. Der Frühling [author's text checked 2 times 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 Leo Blech (1871 - 1958), "Frühlingsbotschaft", op. 22 no. 8, copyright © 1915 [ voice and piano ], from Acht Liedchen großen und kleinen Kindern vorzusingen, Zweite Folge, no. 8, Universal Edition [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Frühlingsbotschaft", 1849 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard August Grell (1800 - 1886), "Kuckuck, kuckuck ruft's aus dem Wald", op. 28 ([Zehn] Lieder für die Jugend für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Der Kuckuk", op. 15 no. 7, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Kinderlieder für den Umfang jeder Stimme , no. 7, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Frühlingsbotschaft", op. 79 no. 3 (1849), published 1849 [ voice and piano ], from Liederalbum für die Jugend, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Georg Vierling (1820 - 1901), "Frühlingsbotschaft", op. 35 (Drei Männerchöre) no. 2, published 1863 [ men's chorus ], Breslau, Leuckart; in Sängerhalle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Werner , "Frühlingsbotschaft", op. 9 no. 2, published 1881 [ vocal trio for 2 sopranos and alto ], from Im Frühling. Drei Kinderlieder für 2 Sopran und Alt, no. 2, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lenteboodschap", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Margo Briessinck
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 60
[Cuckoo, cuckoo calls from the wood:]1 Let us sing, [Dance and]2 leap about!3 It shall soon be spring, [spring]4. Cuckoo, cuckoo does not leave off calling: Come into the fields, Meadows and forests!5 Springtime, [springtime]4, appear! Cuckoo, cuckoo, splendid hero! What you sang Was a success: Winter , [winter]4 is beating a retreat.
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View original text (without footnotes)Translated titles:
"Frühlingsbotschaft" = "Tidings of spring"
"Kuckuck, Kuckuck ruft's aus dem Wald" = "From the forest one hears 'cuckoo, cuckoo'"
"Der Kuckuck" = "The cuckoo"
2 Schumann, Dresel: "Let us"
3 Schumann adds here "Let us sing and leap about!"
4 Omitted by Schumann.
5 Schumann adds here "Come into the fields and the forests"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 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), "Frühlingsbotschaft", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Kinderleben, in Die vier Jahreszeiten, in 1. Der Frühling
This text was added to the website: 2015-03-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 62