Golden spring sunshine

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by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Goldner Frühlingssonnenschein

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Goldner Frühlingssonnenschein
Weckt die Lust der Lieder, 
Und es klingt durch Feld und Hain 
Fröhlich auf und nieder. 

Jubelnd tönt der Vöglein Lied, 
Bienen summen leise, 
Lustig pfeift der Wind durchs Ried 
Seine frische Weise. 

Selbst das kleinste Sängerlein, 
Dort das winz'ge Mücklein,
Tanzend summt's im Sonnenschein 
Sich ein lustig Stücklein.

Doch kein Lied hat glückbewußt
Sich so hoch geschwungen 
Als ein Lied aus Menschenbrust, 
Gott zu Lob gesungen.

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Confirmed with Rudolf Dietlein, Woldemar Dietlein, Richard Gosche, Friedrich Polack (eds.), Aus deutschen Lesebüchern: Dichtungen in Poesie und Prosa erläutert für Schule und Haus, Zweiter Band, Vierte Auflage, Gera und Leipzig: Verlag von Theodor Hofmann, 1896, page 443.

Text Authorship:

by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Frühlingslied", first published 1874 [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 J. Schwager , "Im Frühling", op. 6 (Drei Frühlingslieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 1, published 1888 [ ttbb chorus ], Mannheim: Sohler [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

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

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Golden spring sunshine

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Golden spring sunshine
Wakens the joy of songs,
And through field and grove
There is joyful ringing  up and down.

Rejoicingly, the birdlets' song resounds,
Bees hum quietly,
The wind whistles its new melody
Merrily through the reeds.

Even the smallest little singer,
The tiny mosquito there,
Dancing in the sunshine it hums
A merry little piece to itself.

But no song, conscious of its happiness,
Has risen so high
As a song from the bosom of a human,
Sung in praise to God.

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Translations of titles:
"Frühlingslied" = "Spring song"
"Im Frühling" = "In springtime"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Frühlingslied", first published 1874
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