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Es ist so still, als wär' es Schlafenszeit, Als wär' entschlummert Not und Leid, Gestorben Angst und Qual. Kein Hauch bewegt die Bäume, Wie unschuldsvolle Kinderträume Ziehn leis die Wölklein übers Tal. Wenn fromm ein Kind, bevor es schlafen geht, die Händlein faltet zum Gebet, schweigt selbst der Frevel still. Mir ist, als bete leise der Frühling nun in Kinderweise, die keiner frevelnd stören will.
A. Zemlinsky sets stanza 1
K. Löbl sets stanza 1
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Confirmed with Arabesken. Von Carl Siebel, Iserlohn, 1861.
Text Authorship:
- by Carl Siebel (1836 - 1868), "Frühlingsstimmung", appears in Arabesken [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 Bertha von Brukenthal (1846 - 1908), "Frühlingstag", published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Leipzig, Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859 - 1951), "Frühlingstag", op. 60 no. 2, from Four Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alban Förster (1849 - 1916), "Frühlingstag", op. 83 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Maria Löbl (1911 - 1942), "Sommertag", stanza 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Frühlingstag", op. 2 (Dreizehn Lieder für eine Singstimme und Klavier), Heft 2 no. 1 (1894-6), published 1897, stanza 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Spring day", copyright ©
Research team for this page: Jakob Kellner , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 65
It is so quiet, as if it were time to sleep, as if suffering and pain were slumbering, and as if fear and misery have died. Not a breath stirs the trees; like the innocent dreams of children, the little clouds float gently over the valley.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust, (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.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Carl Siebel (1836 - 1868), "Frühlingsstimmung", appears in Arabesken
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 47