The mountain forest in springtime | Crystalline brook

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Der Bergwald im Frühling

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Kristallner Bach, 
  O halte Wach 
Vor meinem lieben Walde!
  Hüt' ihm den Traum,
  Du Blüthenbaum,
Hoch ragend an der Halde!

  Den Sonnenschein
  Nur laßt hinein,
Des Mondes Silberstrahlen!
  Wie werden hold
  Des Dankes Sold
Mit aller Pracht sie zahlen!

  Den Sänger auch
  Nach altem Brauch
Laßt durch die Büsche dringen,
  Daß froher Weis'
  Er neuen Preis
Mag seinem Walde bringen!

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 79-80.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Der Bergwald im Frühling", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 89 [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 Gustav Flügel (1812 - 1900) [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl von Sichart (b. 1838) [sung text not yet checked]
by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The mountain forest in springtime", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2025-06-24
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Word count: 61

The mountain forest in springtime

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Crystalline brook,
  Oh keep watch
By my dear forest!
  Protect its dream,
  You blossoming tree,
Towering upon the acclivity!

  Permit only sunshine
  To enter,
[And] the silvery beams of the moon!
  How beautifully
  Shall they pay the debt
Of gratitude with all their splendour!

  The singer, too,
  After the old custom,
Let break through the shrubs,
  So that in joyful melody
  He may bring new praise
To his forest!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Der Bergwald im Frühling", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 89
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This text was added to the website: 2025-06-28
Line count: 18
Word count: 70