In the spring | My heart withers and sinks

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by Karl Ziegler (1812 - 1877), as Carlopago

Translation © by John H. Campbell

Im Frühling

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Es ist mein Herz verwelkt, versumpft, 
bedeckt mit Schilf und eingeschrumpft, 
kaum findet Platz ein finstrer Traum; 
es ächzt der Schmerz im engen Raum. 
Da kommt der Lenz, die Lüfte lau, 
die Wälder grün, der Himmel blau !
Die ganze Welt ein Blumenstrauß, 
es dehnt die Brust sich mächtig aus !
Die Welt so schön, das Herz so weit, 
steig in mein Herz Weltherrlichkeit !

Text Authorship:

by Karl Ziegler (1812 - 1877), as Carlopago [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 Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Im Frühling", op. 127 no. 6, published 1844 [baritone or alto and piano], from [Sechs] Lieder von Cornberg, W. Müller und Carlopago, no. 6, Hannover, Bachmann [
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Set in a modified version by Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe.

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ENG English (John H. Campbell) , title 1: "In the spring", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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In the spring

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 My heart withers and sinks,
 covered with reeds and shrunken,
 hardly is a nightmare more sinister;   
 confined, I ache and suffer.   
 But now, the spring comes, the air warms,
 the forests green up, the heavens are blue!
 The whole world is a bouquet of flowers,
 and freely the breast expands!  
 The world is so beautiful, the heart so full,
 glorious world enter into my heart!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Ziegler (1812 - 1877), as Carlopago
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 66