Spring song | You who came from the bright heights

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by Johann Wilhelm Hey (1789 - 1854)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Frühlingslied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Der du kamst von lichten Höhen
Und erwecktest die Natur,
Holder Frühling, Gottes Odem,
Sei gegrüßt auf unsrer Flur.

Komm und schmücke deinen Tempel,
Schmücke Wald und Wies' und Au
Wunderbar mit duft'gen Blumen,
Mit des Himmels reinstem Thau.

Hauche Gottes milden Segen,
Hauche reine, sel'ge Lust
In die andachttrunkne Seele,
In die neu erquickte Brust.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wilhelm Hey (1789 - 1854) [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 Reinhold Reich (1842 - 1900), "Frühlingslied", op. 37 (Für's Haus. Kleine Lieder für zwei Singstimmen mit einfacher Pianoforte Begleitung) no. 1, published 1891 [ vocal duet and piano ], Langensalza: Beyer & Söhne [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Spring song", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-09-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 56

Spring song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

You who came from the bright heights
And wakened nature,
Lovely springtime, breath of God,
We greet you upon our meadows.

Come and adorn your temple,
Adorn forest and meadow and lea
Wondrously with scented flowers,
With the purest dew of heaven.

Breathe God's gentle blessing,
Breathe pure, blissful joy
Into [my] soul, intoxicated with reverence,
Into [my] newly-refreshed bosom.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wilhelm Hey (1789 - 1854)
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This text was added to the website: 2026-02-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 60