Frühlingswölkchen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Siehst du, mein Kind, die schneeige Wölkchen?
Wiß', hinter jedem von Engeln ein Völkchen
Lauschen herab von den seligen Höhn;
Schwingen verwundert die glänzenden Flügel,
Sehn sie die blühenden Thäler und Hügel,
Singen: Wie ist doch die Erde so schön!
Eia, mein Kind, jetzt könntest du schauen
Tief in den Himmel da droben den blauen,
Sehen die Engelein stehen im Chor;
Schade, wie schade! darfst nimmer es hoffen,
Grad wo am Himmel die Fensterlein offen,
Ziehen die Engel ein Wölklein davor.
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 40.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Frühlingswölkchen", op. 167 (3 kleine Lieder im Volkston) no. 2, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Böhme [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Frühlingswölkchen", op. 265 (2 zweistimmige Lieder für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1864 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Flügel (1812 - 1900) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Fürchtegott Huber (1791 - 1863) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Schneeberger (1843 - 1906) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Spring cloudlets", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Spring cloudlets
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Do you see, my child, the snow-white cloudlets?
Know that behind each one, a small assembly of angels
Harkens from the blessed heights;
Wonderingly they swing their shining wings
When they see the blossoming valleys and hills,
Singing: How is the world indeed so beautiful!
Ah, my child, now could you look
Deep into the sky, the blue sky up there,
Could see the little angels standing in a group;
A pity, such a pity! you may never hope for it,
Just where a little window is open upon the sky,
The angels draw a cloudlet in front of it.
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