Du brachst sie nun die kalte Rinde,
Und rieselst [froh und frei]1 dahin;
Die [Lüfte]2 wehen wieder linde,
Und Moos und Gras wird [frisch]3 und grün.

[Doch ich -]4 mit traurigem Gemüthe
Tret' ich wie sonst zu deiner Fluth,
Der Erde allgemeine Blüthe
Kommt meinem Herzen nicht zu gut.

Hier treiben immer gleiche Winde,
Kein Hoffen kommt in meinen Sinn -
Als daß ich hier ein Blümchen finde,
Blau, wie sie der Erinnrung blühn.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Franz von Schober, Stuttgart und Tübingen, J.G.Cotta'scher Verlag, 1842, page 9.

Note: Schubert received all poems from Schober in handwritten form. A (possibly later) autograph of this poem with the title Am Bach im Frühlinge is kept in the Vienna City Library.

¹ Schober (manuscript): "frey und froh"
² Schubert (second version): "Winde"
³ Schubert: "neu"
⁴ Schober (manuscript), and Schubert: "Allein"

Text Authorship:

• by Franz Adolf Friedrich von Schober (1796 - 1882), "Am Bache", appears in Gedichte, in Frühlingslieder, 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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Am Bach im Frühlinge", op. posth. 109 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, D 361 (1816), published 1829 [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Al costat del rierol a primavera", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Bij de beek in de lente", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "By the brook in springtime", copyright ©
• ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "By the brook in spring", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Près du ruisseau au printemps", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "A primavera accanto al ruscello", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 73

Hai appena infranto la crosta gelata,
felice e libero mormorando fluisci,
la brezza soffia nuovamente mite,
l'erba ed il muschio sono verdi e freschi.

Solitario, e con animo dolente,
come in passato alle tue onde mi accosto.
La  terra intorno è tutta fiorente,
ma all'animo mio non è di conforto.

Il vento che soffia è sempre lo stesso,
non allieta il mio cuore alcuna speranza,
eccetto un fiore che trovo qui adesso,
azzurro, come il fiore della rimembranza.