Before spring | A warm breath over the fields

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Vorfrühling

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Über den Feldern ein warmer Hauch,
Schwellende Knospen am Dornenstrauch,
Ungeduldige Wölkchen schweben
Über mir hin, und fern im Land,
Wo die Berge ihr Haupt erheben,
Aus dem feinen, bläulichen Rauch
Winkt eine Hand:
"Wartest du auch?
Wartest du auch auf das blühende Leben . . . ? --["]

Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, Fünfte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, page 113.

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Vorfrühling", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 5. Natur, no. 1 [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 Paul Caro (1859 - 1914), "Vorfrühling", op. 36 (Lieder für eine höhere Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], Wien & Leipzig: Adolf Robitscheck [sung text checked 1 time]
by Marie Charlotte Henriette von Kehler (1822 - 1882), "Vorfrühling", op. 18 (Sechs Lieder für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1900 [ low voice and piano ], Kassel, Kramer-Bangert [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Before spring", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Before spring

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A warm breath over the fields,
Swelling buds on the thorn-bush,
Impatient little clouds scud away
Above me, and far away in the land
Where the mountains lift their heads,
From out of the delicate, bluish smoke
A hand waves:
"Are you, too, waiting?
Are you, too, waiting for blossoming life . . . ? --"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Vorfrühling", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 5. Natur, no. 1
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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-08
Line count: 9
Word count: 55