Mai | Mais aujourd'hui, il commence à chanter

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by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Mai

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Nun aber hebt zu singen an
Der Mai mit seinen Winden.
Wohl dem, der suchen gehen kann
Und bunte Blumen finden!

Die Schönheit steigt millionenfach
Empor aus schwarzer Erden;
Manch eingekümmert Weh und Ach
Mag nun vergessen werden.

Denn dazu ist der Mai gemacht,
Daß er uns lachen lehre.
Die Herzen hoch! Und fortgelacht
Des Grames Miserere!

Confirmed with Otto Julius Bierbaum, Der neubestellte Irrgarten der Liebe um etliche Gänge und Lauben vermehrt, Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, MCMXXIII (1923), page 292.

Text Authorship:

by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Mai", appears in Irrgarten der Liebe. Verliebte, launenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte und Sprüche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900, in Lieder [author's text checked 2 times 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 Ernst Isler (1879 - 1944), "Mai", published <<1907 [ four-part men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "May", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mai", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2007-07-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 57

Mai

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Mais aujourd'hui, il commence à chanter,
Le mois de mai avec ses vents.
Heureux celui qui peut aller chercher
Et trouver des fleurs de toutes couleurs.

La beauté jaillit mille fois
De la noire terre ;
Bien des maux et des plaintes
Peuvent maintenant être oubliés.

Car le mois de mai est ainsi fait
Qu'il nous apprend à rire.
Haut les cœurs ! Et rions encore
Miserere du chagrin !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Mai", appears in Irrgarten der Liebe. Verliebte, launenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte und Sprüche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900, in Lieder
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This text was added to the website: 2013-06-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 67