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Ernst ist der Frühling, seine Träume sind traurig, jede Blume schaut von Schmerz bewegt, es bebt geheime Wehmut im Nachtigallenlaut. O, lächle nicht, geliebte Schöne, so freundlich heiter, lächle nicht! O, weine lieber! Eine Träne küss' ich so gern dir vom Gesicht.
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Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 38 [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Geliebte Schöne", 1904-5 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. I (1901-04), no. 18 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nicolae Bretan (1887 - 1968), "Ernst ist der Frühling", published 198-? [ medium voice and piano ], from Lieder zu Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, Nikolaus Lenau, Rainer Maria Rilke, also set in English, also set in Romanian (Română) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Guido, Freiherr von Bülow (1830 - 1894), "Ernst ist der Frühling", op. 1 (Sechs Gedichte von Heine und Sternau) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mario van Overeem (1872 - 1946), "Ernst ist der Frühling", from Neuer Frühling: 44 Lieder, no. 38 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Ernst ist der Frühling", op. 4 (Six Songs of Heine) no. 5 (1874), published 1876 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Ernst ist der Frühling", 1878 [sung text checked 1 time]
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Jean-Pierre Granger) , "Beloved beauty", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Gerardo Garciacano Hinojosa) (Simone von Büren) , "Seria es la primavera", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Seria es la primavera, su sueños son tristes, el dolor parece mover a cada flor, hay un temblor de secreta nostalgia en el canto del ruiseñor. Por favor no sonrías, bella amada, tan alegre y amigable, no sonrías! Mejor llora! Una lágrima con un beso quiero llevarme de tu rostro.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2010 by Gerardo Garciacano Hinojosa and Simone von Büren, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 38
This text was added to the website: 2010-06-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 50