The grapevines and linden trees are blossoming | The grapevines and linden trees are blossoming

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Es blühen die Reben und Linden

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Es blühen die Reben und Linden,
Die duftigen Rosen dazu,
Und grüßen nach allen Winden
Sich lustig auf du und du.

Wie muß das Wandern frommen
Und Singen in solcher Luft,
Wenn Thal und Höhen kommen
Zusammen im süßen Duft!

Und daß die Reben und Linden
Und Rosen früh und spat
Sich wieder zusammenfinden,
Da weiß ich euch guten Rath:

Führt nur euch zu Gemüthe
Mit Fleiß den feurigsten Wein,
Drin wird wohl jede Blüthe
Gar fein zu kosten sein!

Von dem ja wollen wir trinken,
Ihr Brüder, wenn's stürmt und schneit:
Juchhe! gleich wird uns winken
Die schönste Sommerzeit!

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 74.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Es blühen die Reben und Linden", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 84 [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 Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Es blühen die Reben und Linden", op. 8 (Zwölf Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 5, published 1880 [ four-part men's chorus ], Zürich, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
by Albert Braun (b. 1808) [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Flügel (1812 - 1900) [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann Jakob Nater (1826 - 1906) [sung text not yet checked]
by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Es blühen die Reben und Linden" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893) [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Seifert (b. 1821) [sung text not yet checked]
by Eduard Tauwitz (1812 - 1894) [sung text not yet checked]
by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878), op. 34 (Im Maien. Liedercyclus von Fr. Oser) no. 14 [ men's chorus and orchestra or piano ], Schleusingen: C. Glaser [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The grapevines and linden trees are blossoming", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

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The grapevines and linden trees are blossoming

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The grapevines and linden trees are blossoming,
The scented roses as well,
And in all directions they are merrily greeting
Each other intimately.

How salutary it must be to wander
And to sing in such air,
When valley and heights come
Together in sweet scent!

And that the grapevines and linden trees
And roses early and late
May find each other again,
I know good counsel for that:

Only diligently take to your spirit
The most fiery wine,
In it there shall be every blossom,
Vividly to be savoured!

For of that [wine] we wish to drink,
Ye brethren, when it storms and snows:
Hurray! immediately the loveliest
Summertime shall beckon to us!

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Es blühen die Reben und Linden", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 84
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This text was added to the website: 2025-06-21
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