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Frühling ist gekommen, Wie so lieb und hold! Siehst Du auch beklommen, In sein junges Gold? Rauschen Dir die Tannen, Durch den Traum wohl auch! Und Du fragst von wannen Kommt der Zauberhauch? Wachten alte Lieder Dir im Herzen auf! Goldne Tage wieder Steigen sie herauf! Wandelst im Gedanken, Wieder Du am See! Siehst den Nachen schwanken, Voller Lust und Weh? Siehst den Dichter fahren Und die Sängerin, Rosen in den Haaren, Fragen nicht wohin? Träume liebes Mädchen! Götter sind zur Hand, Und des [Traumes Fädchen]1 Wird zum starken Band!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Christian Reinhold Köstlin’s poetry manuscripts, Z 4131, poem 34, Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach, Germany
1 Jenner, Lang: "Traumesfädchen"Authorship:
- by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), no title, subtitle: "14. März", written 1841 [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 Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Erinnerung", op. 4 (Elf Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 8, published 1895 [ high voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Frühling ist gekommen", op. 27 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 4 (1841), published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 90
Spring has come, How lovely and fair! [Yet] you gaze anxiously Into its fresh gold? Do the pines, too, sough Through your dreams[?] And you ask whither comes The magical breeze? Do old songs reawaken In your heart[?] Golden days, Are they dawning again[?] In your thoughts do you wander Again beside the lake? Do you see the little boat rocking, Full of joy and pain [on the waves]? Do you see the poet sailing, And the singer, With roses in their hair, Asking nothing about whither they are bound? Dream, dear maiden! Gods are at hand, And the thin thread of the dream Shall become a strong bond!
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Translated titles:
"Frühling ist gekommen" = "Spring has come"
"Erinnerung" = "Remembrance"
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2006 by Sharon Krebs, (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 Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), no title, subtitle: "14. März", written 1841
This text was added to the website: 2006-12-13
Line count: 24
Word count: 109