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Es brechen [im]1 schallenden Reigen Die Frühlingsstimmen los, Sie können's nicht länger verschweigen, Die Wonne ist gar zu groß! Wohin, sie ahnen es selber kaum, Es rührt sie ein alter, ein süßer Traum! Die Knospen schwellen und glühen Und drängen sich an das Licht, Und warten in sehnendem Blühen, Daß liebende Hand sie bricht. Wohin, sie ahnen es selber kaum, Es rührt sie ein alter, ein süßer Traum! Und Frühlingsgeister, sie steigen Hinab in der Menschen Brust, Und regen da drinnen den Reigen Der ew'gen Jugendlust. Wohin, wir ahnen es selber kaum, Es rührt uns ein alter, ein süßer Traum!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Becker, Spicker: "in"; further changes may exist not shown above.
Authorship:
- by Karl Klingemann (1798 - 1862) [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Frühlingslied", op. 186 (Lieder und Chöre für 3 Frauenstimmen mit Pianoforte), Heft 5 (Bearbeitung nach Motiven von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) no. 21, published 1878 [ vocal trio of female voices or three-part women's chorus and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Valentin Eduard Becker (1814 - 1890), "Frühlingsreigen", published <<1895 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, F. E. C. Leuckart (Constantin Sander) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Gaugler (1840 - 1892), "Frühlingslied", op. 19 (Fünf Lieder für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor (S., A., T. und B.) im Volkston) no. 3, published 1874 [ SATB chorus ], Wien, Schreiber [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Frühlingslied", op. 34 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max Spicker (1858 - 1912), "Frühlingslied", op. 18 (Lieder) no. 3, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lentelied", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Lau Kanen [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 100
A les sonores danses es desfermen les veus de la primavera, no poden callar per més temps, el goig és massa gran! On, elles mateixes no ho poden albirar, un vell, un dolç somni les commou! Les poncelles s’obren i resplendeixen i s’apressen vers la llum, i esperen en una anhelant florida que una mà amorosa les culli. On, elles mateixes no ho poden albirar, un vell, un dolç somni les commou! I els esperits de la primavera davallen als pits dels homes, i desvetllen allà dins la dansa del goig etern de la joventut. On, nosaltres mateixos no ho podem albirar, un vell, un dolç somni ens commou!
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Translations of title(s):
"Frühlingslied" = "Cançó de primavera"
"Frühlingsreigen" = "Danses de primavera"
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2022 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Klingemann (1798 - 1862)
This text was added to the website: 2022-12-11
Line count: 18
Word count: 109