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by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910)

Mai
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Nun aber hebt zu singen an
Der Mai mit seinen Winden.
Wohl dem, der suchen gehen kann
Und bunte Blumen finden!

Die Schönheit steigt millionenfach
Empor aus schwarzer Erden;
Manch eingekümmert Weh und Ach
Mag nun vergessen werden.

Denn dazu ist der Mai gemacht,
Daß er uns lachen lehre.
Die Herzen hoch! Und fortgelacht
Des Grames Miserere!

Confirmed with Otto Julius Bierbaum, Der neubestellte Irrgarten der Liebe um etliche Gänge und Lauben vermehrt, Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, MCMXXIII (1923), page 292.


Text Authorship:

  • by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Mai", appears in Irrgarten der Liebe. Verliebte, launenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte und Sprüche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900, in Lieder [author's text checked 2 times 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 Ernst Isler (1879 - 1944), "Mai", published <<1907 [ four-part men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "May", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mai", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2007-07-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 57

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