Spring rain | Keep on drizzling, rain in spring

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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Frühlingsregen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT CHI CHI ENG FRE

Regne, regne, Frühlingsregen,
weine durch die stille Nacht!
Schlummer liegt auf allen Wegen,
nur [dein treuer Dichter]¹ wacht ...
lauscht dem leisen, warmen Rinnen
aus dem dunklen Himmelsdom,
und es löst in [ihm]² tiefinnen
selber sich ein heißer Strom,
läßt sich halten nicht und hegen,
quillt heraus in sanfter Macht ...
Ahndevoll auf stillen Wegen
geht der Frühling durch die Nacht.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• M. Reger

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¹ Reger: "die tiefe Schwermut"
² Reger: "ihr"

Text Authorship:

by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Frühlingsregen", appears in Ich und die Welt [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 Harald Genzmer (1909 - 2007), "Frühlingsregen", 1941, published 1976 [ soprano and piano ], from Liederbuch, no. 5, Schott Music [sung text not yet checked]
by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Frühlingsregen", 1928, from 13 Lieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Frühlingsregen", op. 51 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 9 (1900), published 1901 [ medium voice, piano ], München, Aibl Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Pluja de primavera", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "春雨 ", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "春雨", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Spring rain", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Pluie de printemps", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2004-11-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 59

Spring rain

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Keep on drizzling, rain in spring
Weep through the quiet night!
Slumber rests on every lane,
Just your faithful poet is awake ...
Listening to the soft, warm drizzling
From the dark celestial dome,
And from deep inside
a hot stream breaks forth,
It can't be held back and controlled
It pours gently but firmly ...
On secret ways Spring ominously
Walks through the night.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2004 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Frühlingsregen", appears in Ich und die Welt
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This text was added to the website: 2004-11-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 63