[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!

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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"

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 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.
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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

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.