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by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Der Frühling, der sich neu belaubt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Der Frühling, der sich neu belaubt,
Wohl ist er wunderbar,
Doch seh ich nur dein liebes Haupt,
Dein schönes, braunes Haar.

Die blauen Veilchen seh ich nicht,
Vor deinen Augen blau,
Zu Wald und Wiese geh ich nicht,
Ich geh zur "lieben Frau".

Und was ich bete, bist nur du,
Und was ich [denke: dein!]¹
Und schließ ich spät die Augen zu,
Dein Bild dringt doch hinein.

Da steht's in aller Blumen Pracht,
Da steht's in Jugendgrün,
Kein Winter schadet, keine Nacht,
Für immer wird es blühn.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• G. Jenner

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Confirmed with Klaus Groth's Gesammelte Werke, Vierter Band, Plattdeutsche Erzählungen - Hochdeutsche Gedichte, Kiel und Leipzig: Verlag von Lipsius & Tischer, 1893, pages 251-252.

¹ Jenner: "denke, dein."

Text Authorship:

by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), no title, written 1859, appears in Hundert Blätter, Paralipomena zum Quickborn, in An meine Frau [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 Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Der Frühling, der sich neu belaubt", op. 2 (Acht Lieder von Klaus Groth für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Springtime, which is growing new leaves", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le printemps, qui se couvre de feuilles à nouveau", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-05-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 88

Springtime, which is growing new leaves

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Springtime, which is growing new leaves,
It is quite wondrous,
But I see only your dear head,
Your lovely, brown hair.

I do not see the blue violets,
Because of your blue eyes,
I do not go to the forest or meadow,
I go to my "dear woman."

And that which I pray is only you,
And that which I [think: you!]¹
And when I close my eyes late at night,
Your image nevertheless enters in.

There it stands in the splendour of all flowers,
There it stands in youthful green,
No winter harms it, no night,
It shall bloom forever.

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¹ Jenner: "think is yours."

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), no title, written 1859, appears in Hundert Blätter, Paralipomena zum Quickborn, in An meine Frau
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This text was added to the website: 2024-03-30
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Word count: 102