Die fröhliche Maid "Frühling" | Der erste einnehmend schöne Morgen

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by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908)

Translation © by Linda Godry

Merry Maiden Spring

Language: English

Our translations: GER

A winsome morning measure
Trips merry maiden Spring,
O'er daffodils and daisies,
To crown the Summer king.

And once the king is crowned,
And twilight 'gins to fall,
Brown Autumn slips the postern gate
At grim old Winter's call.

But soon the rosy morning
With joyous songs shall ring
And daffodils and daisies
Will welcome merry Spring.

Text Authorship:

by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908) [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 Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908), "Merry Maiden Spring", op. 58 no. 3, published 1899, from Three Songs, no. 3. [
text verified 1 time
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

GER German (Deutsch) (Linda Godry) , title 1: "Die fröhliche Maid "Frühling"", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 57

Die fröhliche Maid "Frühling"

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Der erste einnehmend schöne Morgen
Lässt die fröhliche Maid "Frühling"
Über Narzissen und Gänseblümchen trippeln,
Den Sommerkönig zu krönen.

Und kaum ist er dann gekrönt,
und die Dämmerung sinkt herab,
schlüpft der braune Herbst durch die Hintertür
auf Befehl des grimmen Winters.

Doch bald kommt ein rosiger Morgen
Mit seinem Freudensang
Und Narzissen und Gänseblümchen
Werden wieder die fröhliche Maid "Frühling" willkommen heißen!

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Based on:

a text in English by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908)
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 63