Snowdrops (Rückert, set by (Wilhelm Baumgartner, Robert Schumann)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Schneeglöckchen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA

Der Schnee, der gestern noch in Flöckchen
  Vom Himmel fiel,
Hängt nun geronnen heut als Glöckchen
  Am zarten Stiel.

Schneeglöckchen läutet, was bedeutet's
  Im stillen Hain?
O komm geschwind! Im Haine läutet's
  Den Frühling ein.

O kommt, ihr Blätter, Blüt' und Blume,
  Die ihr noch träumt,
All zu des Frühlings Heiligtume!
  Kommt ungesäumt!

Authorship

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Schneeglöckchen" [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 Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Schneeglöckchen", op. 2 (Sechs 4 stimmige Lieder für Sopran und Alt) no. 6 (1843). [vocal quartet (sopranos and altos)] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Schneeglöckchen", op. 79 no. 26[27] (1849), published 1849 [voice and piano], from Liederalbum für die Jugend, no. 26[27], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Sneeuwklokjes", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Snowdrops", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Perce-neige", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Bucaneve", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "Campanitas de nieve", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 53

Snowdrops

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The snow, that just yesterday was falling in flakes
  From the sky,
Today hangs now, congealed, like bells
  From a tender stem.

The snowdrop bell tolls - what does it mean
  In the silent grove?
O come quickly! In the grove, it tolls
  For Spring.

O come, you leaves, blossoms and flowers,
  You who are still dreaming -
Come to Spring's sanctuary!
  Come at once!

Authorship

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Schneeglöckchen"

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 65