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Ging unter [dichten]1 [Zweigen]2 Am Morgen im grünen Wald, Der Vöglein [lust'ger]3 Reigen [Von]4 allen Wipfeln schallt'. Und riefen viel einander: "Heraus, wo Vöglein sind, Zu singen mit einander In [den]5 kühlen Morgenwind!" Da hat's auch mir geklungen Tief [in die Brust]6 hinein, Da hat sich's drin geschwungen, Als wär's ein Vögelein. Und ist ein Vöglein drinnen, So flieg' es frei heraus, Und ist ein Lied darinnen, So zieh' es fröhlich aus!
About the headline (FAQ)
View text without footnotes1 Abt, Leonhard, Radecke: "duft'gen"; Schreck: "den dichten"; further changes may exist not noted above.
2 Hamma: "Bäumen"; further changes may exist not noted above.
3 Reinecke: "lustiger"
4 Reinecke: "aus"
5 Reinecke: "dem"
6 Reinecke: "ins Herz"
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Frühlingslied", appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844 [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Ging unter duft'gen Zweigen", op. 235 (Fünf Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 5, published 1864 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charlotte von Bülow (1817 - 1908), "Frühlingslied", op. 6 (Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1873 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Dorn (1848 - 1931), "Heraus", op. 20 (Vier Lieder für Sopran und Alt (auch im Chor zu singen) mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 2, published 1887 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto (or SA chorus) with piano ], Regensburg, Coppenrath [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benjamin Hamma (1831 - 1911), "Heraus", op. 17 (Zwölf zweistimmigen Lieder mit Pianoforte zum Gebr. in den Schulen. 2 Hefte. ), Heft 1 no. 4, published 1884 [ vocal duet with piano ], Leipzig, G. Lichtenberger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Heraus", op. 33 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Frauenchor) no. 1, published 1885 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Schlesinger  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Kniese (1848 - 1905), "Heraus", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Ries [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Krug (1844 - 1902), "Heraus", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vinzenz Lachner (1811 - 1893), "Heraus", op. 74 (Sieben Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1891 [ soprano and piano ], Karlsruhe, Schuster [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Emil Leonhard (1810 - 1883), "Frühlingslied", op. 13 (7 Lieder von Reinick) no. 3 (1846), published 1848 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Link , "Heraus", op. 17 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Meyer-Olbersleben (1850 - 1927), "Heraus", op. 12 (Vier Lieder für 1 Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann von der Pfordten , "Heraus!", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, München, Schmid Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Albert Maria) Robert Radecke (1830 - 1911), "Heraus", op. 28b, published 1865 [ SATB chorus ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Rakemann , "Heraus!", op. 9 (Sechs Gesänge für vierstimmigen Frauenchor) no. 3 [ four-part women's chorus ], Leipzig : Rob. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Rakemann , "Heraus", op. 4 no. 2, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Königsberg, Jakubowski [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Frühlingslied", op. 29 (Vier Lieder) no. 1 (1850) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Ries (1846 - 1932), "Heraus", op. 24 (Vier Duette für 2 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1873 [ duet for 2 voices with piano ], Berlin, Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Roeder (1851 - 1895), "Heraus", op. 48 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernhard Ernst Scholz (1835 - 1916), "Heraus", op. 36 (3 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav E. Schreck (1849 - 1918), "Heraus", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1876 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Schulz , "Heraus", op. 20, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Litolff  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Tiehsen (1817 - 1849), "Frühlingslied", op. 9 no. 6, published 1841 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte von Geibel, Kugler und Chotek [sic], no. 6, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Trauttenfels (b. 1849), "Heraus!", op. 45 ([Zwei] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Schuberth jun. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adalbert Ûberlée (1837 - 1897), "Heraus", op. 12 (Drei Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 1, published 1869 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Trautwein  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugen von Volborth (1854 - 1928), "Heraus", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Leipzig: Eulenburg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Weiss (1814 - 1898), "Heraus", op. 104 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Weiss [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Friedrich) Oskar Wermann (1840 - 1906), "Heraus", op. 34 (Vier Männerquartette) no. 3, published 1885 [ ttbb quartet ], Dresden: Näumann [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Song of the May"
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Harry Joelson , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-22
Line count: 16
Word count: 78
I walked under [dense]1 [branches]2 In the morning in the green forest, The merry roundelay of the [birds]3 Sounded from [all]4 the tree-tops. And [they all]5 called to one another: "Go forth, birdlets, wherever you are, To sing with each other [Into]6 the cool morning wind!" Then it sounded for me as well, Deep into my [breast]7, There was a vibration therein, As if it were a birdlet. And if there be a [bird]8 therein, Then may it fly forth freely, And if there be a song there, Then may it go forth joyfully!
About the headline (FAQ)
View text without footnotesTranslations of titles:
"Frühlingslied" = "Spring song"
"Ging unter duft'gen Zweigen" = "I walked under scented branches"
"Heraus" = "Go forth"
2 Hamma: "trees"; further changes may exist not noted above.
3 Reinecke: "birdlets"
4 Reinecke: "out of all"
5 Reinecke and some other editions: "many"
6 Reinecke: "In"
7 Reinecke: "heart"
8 Reinecke: "birdlet"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2026 by Sharon Krebs, (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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Frühlingslied", appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844
This text was added to the website: 2026-04-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 103