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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs
Der Mai ist da, der Mai ist da
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Der Mai ist da, der Mai ist da, So schön, wie ich noch nie ihn sah! Kein Zweiglein, das nicht kam [zum Blühn]1, Kein Fleckchen, das nicht schimmert grün, Kein Blümlein, das nicht duftet süß, Und fröhlich winkt: Gott grüß! Gott grüß! Der Mai ist da, der Mai ist da, So schön, wie ich noch nie ihn sah! Kein Lüftchen, das nicht Würzhauch bringt, Kein Vöglein, das nicht auf sich schwingt Und singt durch Flur und Wald und Feld: Willkomm, du schöne Gotteswelt! Der Mai ist da, der Mai ist da, So schön, wie ich noch nie ihn sah! Kein Wölkchen, das nicht tiefes Blau Verleihet hold der Himmelsau, Kein Sonnenstrahl, der freundlich nicht Ein neues Leben ruft an's Licht! Der Mai ist da, der Mai ist da, So schön, wie ich noch nie ihn sah! Wie wird das Herz [mir weit, mir weit] Bei all der Pracht und Herrlichkeit! Nur Freud' und [Lust allüberall]3, Nur Duft und Glanz und Jubelschall!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 35-36.
1 Heim: "zu blüh'n"2 Heim: "so groß, so weit,"
3 Heim: "Leben überall"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Der Mai ist da!", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 37 [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 Johannes Beschnitt (1825 - 1880) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Blumner (1827 - 1901), "Der Mai ist da", op. 23 (Sechs Lieder von F. Oser, O. Roquette, L. Uhland, vierstimmig für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1870 [ satb quartet ], Berlin: T. Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Georg Bratsch (1817 - 1887), "Der Mai ist da", op. 20 no. 4, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], from Natur-Lieder von Fr. Oser, no. 4, Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Braun (b. 1808), "Der Mai ist da", op. 17, published 1886 [ men's chorus ], Regensburg: Coppenrath [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Aloys Theodor Commer (1813 - 1887) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Ecker (1813 - 1879), "Der Mai ist da" [ satb chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Friedrich Enckhausen (1799 - 1885) [sung text not yet checked]
- by H. Engel , "Der Mai ist da", op. 6 (Drei Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 1, published 1893 [ satb chorus ], Leipzig: O. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Graner (1819 - 1886), "Der Mai ist da", op. 52 (Drei Lieder für Solo und Männerchor) no. 1, published 1865 [ solo and men's chorus ], Leipzig: C.F.W. Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820 - 1901) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Guth (b. 1821) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Häring (b. 1825), "Frühlingslied", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder für Männerchor) no. 1, published 1878 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig: Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Häser (b. 1846), "Der Mai ist da", op. 4 no. 1, published 1869 [ soprano ], Kassel: Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ignaz Heim (1818 - 1880), "Der Mai ist da!", subtitle: "Volksweise", published 1869 [ men's chorus or women's chorus a cappella ], in Sammlung von drei- und vierstimmigen Volksgesängen, Zürich: selbstverlag der Kommission, Song no. 219, pages 370 - 372. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Johann) Heinrich Hoffmeister (b. 1808) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Ferdinand Konradin (1833 - 1884) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eberhard Kühn (b. 1813) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Liebe (1819 - 1900), "Der Mai ist da" [ satb chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Mayrberger (1828 - 1881) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Methfessel (1811 - 1886) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Müller (1786 - 1871), "Der Mai ist da!", op. 85, published 1865 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Jakob Nater (1826 - 1906) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Nohr (1800 - 1875) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andreas Johann Lorenz Oechsner (1815 - 1886), "Der Mai ist da", op. 32 (Drei Lieder für vier Männerstimmen), Heft 2 no. 1, published 1872 [ ttbb quartet ], Leipzig: Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Pache (1857 - 1897), "Lenzes-Wonne", op. 51, published 1887 [ solo, mixed chorus and piano ], Leipzig & Zürich: Gebrüder Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugen Karl Petzold (1813 - 1889) [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Albert Maria) Robert Radecke (1830 - 1911), "Der Mai ist da", published 1864 [ SATB chorus ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Hermann Reiser (1839 - 1879) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Rohde (1828 - 1883), "Der Mai", op. 43 (Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 4, published 1870 [ satb chorus ], Breslau: C.F. Hientzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jakob Rosenmund (b. 1841) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Santner (1819 - 1885) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leonhard Schäffer (b. 1823), "Der Mai ist da", op. 9 (Vier Quartette für Männerstimmen) no. 2, published 1867 [ ttbb quartet ], Nürnberg: Schmid [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Der Mai ist da", op. 54 (Zehn Chor-Duette für Sopran- und Altstimme (5. Folge) ohne Begleitung, zum Gebrauch in höheren Töchterschulen und Gesangvereinen) no. 4, published 1881 [ sa chorus ], Leipzig: Fr. Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Schnabel (1809 - 1881) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Schwab (b. 1841) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl von Sichart (b. 1838) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Der Mai ist da", op. 72 no. 6, published 1864 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sechs Naturlieder von Fr. Oser, für mittlere Stimme , no. 6, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [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. 5 [ men's chorus and orchestra ], Schleusingen: C. Glaser [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ottobald Walther (b. 1835), "Der Mai ist da", op. 5 (Drei Lieder für S., A., T. und B.) no. 2, published 1877 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2017-06-23
Line count: 24
Word count: 161
May has arrived, May has arrived
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
May has arrived, May has arrived, More beautiful than I have ever seen it! No little twig that has not started blooming, No spot of earth that does not shimmer greenly, No little flower that does not sweetly emit scent And beckon joyfully: God greet you! God greet you! May has arrived, May has arrived, More beautiful than I have ever seen it! No little breeze that does not bring a breath of spice, No birdlet that does not soar upward And sing through lea and forest and field: Welcome, God's beautiful world! May has arrived, May has arrived, More beautiful than I have ever seen it! No cloudlet that does not beautifully Accent the blue of the heavenly meadow, No sunbeam that does not amiably Call new life forth into the light! May has arrived, May has arrived, More beautiful than I have ever seen it! How my heart grows [wide, wide]1 At all the splendour and glory! Only happiness and [joy]2 everywhere, Only scent and radiance and the sound of rejoicing!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Translations of titles:
"Der Mai" = "May"
"Der Mai ist da!" = "May has arrived!"
"Frühlingslied" = "Spring song"
"Lenzes-Wonne" = "Bliss of springtime"
2 Heim: "[new] life"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Der Mai ist da!", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 37
This text was added to the website: 2025-04-08
Line count: 24
Word count: 173