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O darum ist der [Lenz]1 so schön Mit Duft und Strahl und Lied, Weil singend über [Thal]2 und Höhn So bald er [weiter zieht]3; [Und]4 darum ist so süß der Traum, [Den erste Liebe webt]5, Weil schneller [wie]6 die Blüt' am Baum Er [hinwelkt]7 und verschwebt. Und doch! Er läßt so still erwärmt, So reich das Herz zurück; Ich hab' geliebt, ich hab' geschwärmt, Ich preis' auch das ein Glück. Gesogen hab' ich Strahl auf Strahl In's Herz den kurzen Tag; Die schöne Sonne sinkt zu Thal. Nun [komme]8 was kommen mag! Sei's bittres Leid, sei's neue Lust, Es soll getragen sein: Der [sichre]9 Schatz in meiner Brust Bleibt dennoch [ewig]10 mein.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Emanuel Geibels Gesammelte Werke in acht Bänden, Erster Band, Jugendgedichte. Zeitstimmen. Sonette. Stuttgart: Verlag der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1883, pages 12-13.
Note: in Hackel's setting, stanza 5, line 4, word 3 ("immer") returns to the original word "ewig" in the repetition.
1 Kehler: "Tag"; further changes may exist not shown above.2 Lehár: "Flur"
3 Lehár: "weiterzieht"
4 Hackel: "O"
5 Hackel: "Der erste Liebe weckt"
6 Hackel, Lehár: "als"
7 Hackel, Lehár: "welket"
8 Lehár: "komm'"
9 Hackel: "stille"
10 Hackel: "immer"
Text Authorship:
- by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Vorüber!", appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lübeck und Bonn [author's text checked 2 times 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 Eduard Behm (1862 - 1946), "Vorüber", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Friedland , "Vorüber", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Albumblätter. Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Hackel (1799 - 1846), "Vorüber" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Harthan (1855 - 1936), "Vorüber!", op. 63 (Sechs Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme -- für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1895 [ high voice or low voice and piano ], Leipzig: Junne [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marie Charlotte Henriette von Kehler (1822 - 1882), "Vorüber", op. 5 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte ) no. 12, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Kretzschmer , "Vorüber!", op. 4 (Zwei Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1893 [ medium voice and piano ], Naumburg: Schmidt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948), "Vorüber" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Vorüber!", op. 3 (Sieben Lieder) no. 6 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Silvio Rigutini , "Vorüber", published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Roothaan , "Vorüber", published 1881 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Münster, Bisping [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Rosenberg (b. 1862), "Vorüber", op. 2 (Sechs erotische Gesänge) no. 2, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs erotische Gesänge für 1 Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Leipzig, W. Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Schmidt , "O darum ist der Lenz so schön", op. 13 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by P. Weinreis , "Vorüber", op. 5, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Kreuznach, Schmithals [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-02
Line count: 20
Word count: 112
Oh, that is why [springtime]1 is so lovely With scent and [sun]beam and song, Because with singing over [valleys]2 and heights It so quickly [moves on]3; [And]3 that is why the dream is so sweet, The dream [woven]4 by first love, Because more quickly than the blossom upon the tree, It wilts and dissipates. And yet! it leaves the heart So quietly warmed and enriched; I have loved, I have rhapsodized, I praise that as a happiness as well. I have imbibed beam upon beam Into my heart during the short day; The beautiful sun sinks to the valley. Now come what may! Be it bitter woe, be it new joy, It shall be borne: The [safe]5 treasure in my breast Nevertheless remains mine [eternally]6.
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Translations of title(s):
"O darum ist der Lenz so schön" = "Oh, that is why springtime is so lovely"
"Vorüber!" = "Past!"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Vorüber!", appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lübeck und Bonn
This text was added to the website: 2024-06-27
Line count: 20
Word count: 125