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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Translation © by Shula Keller
Über'n Garten durch die Lüfte
Language: German (Deutsch)
[Über'n]1 Garten durch die Lüfte Hört' ich Wandervögel ziehn, Das bedeutet Frühlingsdüfte, Unten fängt's schon an zu blühn. Jauchzen möcht' ich, möchte weinen, Ist mir's doch, als könnt's nicht sein! [Alte]2 Wunder wieder scheinen Mit dem [Mondesglanz]3 herein. Und der Mond, die Sterne sagen's, Und im [Träumen]4 rauscht's der Hain, Und die Nachtigallen schlagen's: Sie ist deine! Sie ist dein!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)1 or "Über'm". Both versions are common in the literature. Gumbert and Sternberg use this, according to Hofmeister; further changes may exist not noted above.
2 Schumann, Dover score: "Alle" (however, often sung as "Alte")
3 Jensen: "Mondenglanz"
4 Jensen, Schumann: "Traume"
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Frühlingsnacht", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe [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 Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton (1859 - 1937), "Frühlingsnacht", op. 131 (Sechs Duette) no. 6 [ duet for 2 voices with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Frühlingsnacht", op. 20 (Kanzonetta und zwei Lieder) no. 1 (1839), published 1839 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Dessauer (1798 - 1876), "Frühlingsnacht", op. 53 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oskar Dittrich , "Frühlingsnacht", published 1886 [ mixed chorus ], from Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor, no. 4, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Ehlert (1825 - 1884), "Frühlingsnacht", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Frühlingsnacht", op. 18 (Vier Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor) no. 3, published 1846 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Heiser (1816 - 1897), "Frühlingsnacht", op. 159, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Artur Immisch (1902 - 1949), "Über Garten durch die Lüfte" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Frühlingsnacht", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6 (1856), published 1858 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Leuckart [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Frühlingsnacht", op. 144 (Vier deutsche Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor)) no. 1, published 1849 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Rimon (b. 1852), "Frühlingsnacht", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Prag, Hoffmann's Wwe. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Schmidt (1839 - 1920), "Frühlingsnacht ", op. 2 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, published 1864 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Timm und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Frühlingsnacht", op. 39 no. 12 (1840), published 1842 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis von Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, no. 12, Wien, Haslinger [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerhard Stehmann , "Frühlingsnacht", op. 5 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1890 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Klemm [sung text not yet checked]
- by Constantin Ivanovich Sternberg (1852 - 1924), "Frühlingsbotschaft", op. 17, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simon [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Frühlingsnacht", WoO. 25 (Zwei Lieder nach Gedichten von Josoph Freiherr von Eichendorff) no. 2, TFV. 37 no. 2 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Frühlingsnacht", op. 12 (Frühlingslieder) no. 6 (1934-5), from Frühlingslieder, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Hans Bill, Fanny Hensel, Robert Hirsch, Auguste Emilie Laura Loewe, Wilhelm Steifensand.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lentenacht", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Spring night", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "ליל אביב", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Notte di primavera", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Diego S. Loyola) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 60
Spring night
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Over gardens and across the heavens - Hear the birds in passing flight! It's my sign that spring's now coming - Early flowers bloom tonight. O, what fragrance, what rejoicing - now I weep with happiness to know As the wonders appear, returning - from the moonlight's loving glow And the skies, the stars announce it - echos flying thru' the air While the nightingales ring joyful - Love is mine - love is mine.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2008 by Shula Keller, (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 Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Frühlingsnacht", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe
This text was added to the website: 2008-04-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 69