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by Arno Hermann Oscar Alfred Holz (1863 - 1929)
Translation © by Manuel Capdevila i Font

Er klagt, daß der Frühling so kurz blüht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT FRE NOR
Kleine Blumen wie aus Glas
seh' ich gar zu gerne,
durch das dunkelgrüne Gras
gucken sie wie Sterne.

Gelb und rosa, rot und blau,
schön sind auch die weißen,
Trittmadam' und Himmeltau,
wie sie alle heißen.

Komb und gibb mir mittendrin
Küßgens ohnbemessen.
Morgen sind sie längst dahin
und wir selbst vergessen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Arno Hermann Oscar Alfred Holz (1863 - 1929) [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Er klagt, daß der Frühling so kurz blüht", 1905 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 38 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "Es queixa de que la primavera sigui tan curta", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Il se plaint que le printemps fleurit pendant un temps si court", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Han klager over at våren blomstrer så kort", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Jakob Kellner

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 52

Es queixa de que la primavera sigui tan curta
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the German (Deutsch) 
M’agrada molt veure
petites flors com de cristall,
mirant com estrelles
entre l’herba verda i fosca.

Grogues i rosa, vermelles i blaves,
també són belles les blanques,
pas de dama i rosada del cel,
com es diuen totes.

Venen i em donen
besos sense parar.
Demà ja seran mortes,
i nosaltres oblidats.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2025 by Manuel Capdevila i Font, (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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This text was added to the website: 2025-06-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 52

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