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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs
Schneeglöckchen klingen wieder
Language: German (Deutsch)
[Schneeglöckchen]1 klingen wieder, [Schneeglöckchen]1 bringen wieder Uns heitre Tag' und Lieder; Wie läuten sie so schön Im Thal und auf den Höhn. Der König ziehet ein! Der König ist erschienen; Ihr sollt ihm treulich dienen Mit heitrem Blick und Mienen! O laßt den König ein! Er kommt vom Sterngefilde, Und führt in seinem Schilde Die Güte [und die]2 Milde; Er trägt die Freud' und Lust Als Stern an seiner Brust, Ist gnädig Jedermann, Den Herren und den Knechten, Den Guten und den Schlechten, Den Bösen und Gerechten, Sieht Alle [lieblich]3 an. Ihr aber fragt und wißt es, Und wer's auch weiß, vergißt es, Der König Frühling ist es; Entgegen ihm mit Sang, Mit Saitenspiel und Klang! Der König ziehet ein! Der König ist erschienen. Ihr sollt ihm treulich dienen Mit heitrem Blick und Mienen! O laßt den König ein!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Handbuch der deutschen Nationalliteratur, Erster Theil, ed. Heinrich Viehoff, Neunte Auflage, Braunschweig: Druck und Verlag von George Westermann, 1873, page 332.
1 Dorn: "Schneeglöcklein"2 Dorn, Schumann: "nur und"
3 Dorn, Schumann: "liebreich"
Text Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Frühlingslied", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Kinderleben, in Kindheit [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 Heinrich (Ludwig Egmont) Dorn (1804 - 1892), "Frühlingslied", op. 63 (Vier deutsche Lieder) no. 1, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Musikalische Stammbuch-Blätter. 3tes Heft; Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "O lasst den König ein!", op. 58 no. 5, published 1859 [ vocal duet with piano ], from 6 Lieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, für 2 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Wien, Spina [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Methfessel (1811 - 1886), "Frühlingsscene", op. 17 (Sechs Gesänge für gemischten Chor (oder Quartett)) no. 2, published 1874 [ mixed chorus or vocal quartet ], Wien, Schreiber [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Frühlingslied", op. 61 no. 1, published 1886 [ sa chorus ], from Im Freien zu singen. 10 Chorduette für Sopran und Alt (9. Folge) ohne Begleitung. Zum Gebrauch in höheren Schulen und Gesangvereinen, no. 1, Leipzig: Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Frühlingslied", op. 79 no. 18[19] (1849), published 1849 [ vocal duet with piano ], from Liederalbum für die Jugend, no. 18[19], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
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) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Spring song", 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
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Margo Briessinck , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 143
Spring song
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Snowdrops1 ring again, Snowdrops bring us again Merry days and songs; How beautifully they peal In the valley and on the heights. The king is entering! The king has appeared; You are to serve him faithfully With joyful gaze and faces! Oh let the king in! He comes from the starry realm, And in his coat of arms are [Goodness]2 and gentleness; Joy and delight he wears As a star upon his breast. He is benevolent toward everyone, The lords and the servants, The good and the bad, The evil and the righteous, He looks upon all of them [sweetly]3. But you ask and [yet] you know it, And whoever knows it, forgets it, King Spring is who it is; Go forth to meet him with singing, With stringed instruments and sound! The king is entering! The king has appeared; You are to serve him faithfully With joyful gaze and faces! Oh let the king in!
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1 Literally translated the flowers would be called "snowbells", hence the ringing.
2 Schumann: "Only goodness"
3 Schumann: "lovingly"
1 Literally translated the flowers would be called "snowbells", hence the ringing.
2 Schumann: "Only goodness"
3 Schumann: "lovingly"
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), "Frühlingslied", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Kinderleben, in Kindheit
This text was added to the website: 2015-04-10
Line count: 30
Word count: 160