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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Frühlingsdämmerung
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
In der stillen Pracht, 
In allen frischen Büschen und Bäumen 
Flüstert`s wie Träumen 
Die ganze Nacht. 
Denn über den mondbeglänzten Ländern 
Mit langen weißen Gewändern
Ziehen die schlanken
Wolkenfrau'n wie geheime Gedanken, 
Senden von den Felsenwänden
Hinab die behenden
Frühlingsgesellen, die hellen Waldquellen, 
Die's unten bestellen
An die duft'gen Tiefen, 
Die gerne noch schliefen. 
Nun wiegen und neigen in ahnendem Schweigen
Sich alle so eigen
Mit Ähren und Zweigen, 
Erzählen`s den Winden, 
Die durch die blühenden Linden
Vorüber den grasenden Rehen,
Säuselnd über die Seen gehen, 
Dass die Nixen verschlafen auftauchen
Und fragen, 
Was sie so lieblich hauchen -
Wer mag es wohl sagen?

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857) [author's text not yet checked 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 Philipp Gretscher (1859 - 1937), "Frühlingsdämmerung", op. 48 no. 1, published 1906-1913 [ three-part women's chorus and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Artur Schnabel (1882 - 1951), "Frühlingsdämmerung", op. 14 no. 1, published 1903 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder op. 14 für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johan Selmer (1844 - 1910), "Frühlingsdämmerung", op. 29, Heft 1 no. 3, published 1889 [ medium voice and piano ], from Eine kleine Anthologie. 10 deutsche Gedichte für 1 mittlere Singstimme und Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig und Hamburg: Fritz Schuberth jr. [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Twilight of Spring", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Crépuscule printanier", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2020-06-21
Line count: 25
Word count: 103

Crépuscule printanier
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Dans la splendeur silencieuse,
Parmi les buissons et les arbres frais,
Un murmure, tel un rêve,
Passe dans la nuit toute entière.
Au-dessus des paysages éclairées par la lune,
Vêtues de longues robes blanches,
Passent graciles
Les sylphides semblables à de secrètes pensées.
Des flancs escarpés des rochers
Elles envoient vers les vallées
Les agiles messagers du printemps,
Les claires sources des bois,
Qui vont réveiller en bas
Les profondeurs embaumées
Encore plongées dans le sommeil.
Alors, tout se balance et s'incline en silence
Épis de maïs et rameaux mêlés,
Et ils le disent au vent,
Qui passe à travers les tilleuls en fleurs,
Par dessus les cerfs qui paissent,
Et bruisse sur les lacs,
Et les nixes, tirées de leur sommeil, émergent
Et demandent,
Que murmurent-elles si doucement ?
Qui peut le dire ?

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2026 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2026-05-01
Line count: 25
Word count: 133

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