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by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815)

Am ersten Maimorgen
 (Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Heute will ich frölich, frölich seyn,
  Keine Weis' und keine Sitte hören;
Will mich wälzen, und für Freude schrein,
  Und der König soll mir das nicht wehren;

Denn er kommt mit seiner Freuden Schaar
  Heute aus der Morgenröthe Hallen,
Einen Blumenkranz um Brust und Haar
  Und auf seiner Schulter Nachtigallen;

Und sein Antlitz ist ihm roth und weis,
  Und er träuft von Thau und Duft und Seegen -
Ha! mein Thyrsus sey ein Knoßpenreis,
  Und so tauml' ich meinen Freund' entgegen.

First published in Der Deutsche, sonst Wandsbecker Bothe. Ao. 1774. No. 84. Freytags, den 27ten May.

Composition:

    Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Am ersten Maimorgen", D 344 (1816?)

Text Authorship:

  • by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815), "Der Frühling. Am ersten Maymorgen", written 1774, first published 1774

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Op de eerste meimorgen", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Today I want to be happy, happy", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le premier matin de mai", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 80

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