Ich träumte von bunten Blumen, So wie sie wohl blühen im Mai, Ich träumte von grünen Wiesen, Von lustigem Vogelgeschrei. Und als die Hähne krähten, Da ward mein Auge wach; Da war es kalt und finster, Es schrieen die Raben vom Dach. Doch an den Fensterscheiben, Wer [mahlte]1 die Blätter da? Ihr lacht wohl über den Träumer, Der Blumen im Winter sah? Ich träumte von Lieb' um Liebe, Von einer schönen Maid, Von Herzen und von Küssen, Von [Wonn']2 und Seligkeit. Und als die Hähne krähten, Da ward mein Herze wach; Nun sitz' ich hier alleine Und denke dem Traume nach. Die Augen schließ' ich wieder, Noch schlägt das Herz so warm. Wann grünt ihr Blätter am Fenster? Wann halt' ich [dich, Liebchen,]3 im Arm?
Confirmed with Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Zweites Bändchen. Deßau 1824. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 103-104; and with Urania. Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1823. Neue Folge, fünfter Jahrgang. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1823, pages 221-222.
Note: in stanza 3, modern German would change the spelling of "mahlte" to "malte" (this spelling appeared in posthumous editions as early as 1864 - cf. Ausgewählte Gedichte von Wilhelm Müller, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1864).
First published in Urania (see above) as no. 11 of Wanderlieder von Wilhelm Müller. Die Winterreise. In 12 Liedern.
1 Bredemeyer, Schubert: "malte" (Schubert Gesamtausgabe; also see note above)2 Schubert: "Wonne"
3 Bredemeyer, Schubert: "mein Liebchen"
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Frühlingstraum", written 1821-22, appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 2, in Die Winterreise, no. 21, first published 1823 [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 Reiner Bredemeyer (1929 - 1995), "Frühlingstraum", 1984, first performed 1985 [ baritone, horn, and piano ], from Die Winterreise, no. 21, VEB Deutscher Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Frühlingstraum", op. 80, Heft 1 (Sechs ländliche Lieder von W Müller für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, KWV 9115 no. 5, published 1831 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Probst [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Frühlingstraum", op. 89 no. 11, D 911 no. 11 (1827), published 1828 [ voice and piano ], from Winterreise, no. 11, Haslinger [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max Spicker (1858 - 1912), "Frühlingstraum", op. 8 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes (Hans) Wolfgang Zender (b. 1936), "Frühlingstraum", 1993 [ tenor and small orchestra ], from Schuberts Winterreise, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , "Lentedroom", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Somni de primavera", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lentedroom", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Arthur Rishi) , "A dream of springtime", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Spring dream", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (David Paley) , "Dreaming of spring", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kevätunelmia", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Rêve de printemps", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRI Frisian [singable] (Pieter Wiersma) , "Foarjiersdream", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Ehud Shapiro) , "חלום אביב", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "חלום אביב", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Sogno di primavera", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "봄의 꿈", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Pavasario sapnas", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Carlos Andrés Vega Roca Carlinhos) , "Sueños de primavera", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "Sueño de primavera", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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