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In dem Walde süße Töne Singen kleine Vögelein; [An der Haide blühen schöne Blumen in des Maien Schein]1. Also blüht mein hoher Muth, [Wenn er denkt an ihre]2 Güte, Die mir reich macht mein Gemüthe Wie der Traum [den]3 Armen thut. Hoffnung hat auf hohe Dinge Die Erwartung mir gestellt, Daß mir noch an ihr gelinge, Süßes Loos mir einst noch fällt. Der Erwartung freu' ich mich: Gebe Gott, daß ich's beende, Daß sie mir den Wahn nicht wende, Der mich freut so inniglich.
F. Mendelssohn sets lines 1-8
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Altdeutsches Lesebuch in neudeutscher Sprache, von Karl Simrock, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1854, page 219; and with Lesebuch zur Geschichte der deutschen Literatur alter und neuer Zeit, ed. Georg Weber, Dritte veränderter und erweiterte Auflage, Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1870, pages 60-61.
1 Mendelssohn:
Auf der Aue, Blumen schöne Blühen gen des Maien Schein2 Mendelssohn: "Im Gedanken ihrer"
3 Mendelssohn: "dem"
Text Authorship:
- by Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876), no title [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Mittelhochdeutsch by Ulrich von Lichtenstein (1200? - 1275?), "Ein Tanzwîze, und ist diu vierde Wîze"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Frühlingslied", op. 19 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 1, MWV K 56, lines 1-8 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Reubke (1842 - 1913), "Altdeutsches Minnelied", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder für S., A., T. und B.) no. 4, published 1886 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 84
In the forest little birds Are singing sweet sounds; [Along the heath are blooming Beautiful flowers in]1 the May [sun]shine. Thus blooms my valiant courage, [When it thinks]2 of her goodness, Which enriches my spirit As [dreams do for poor men.]3 Hope has set my expectation Upon high things, May I be successful with her, So that a sweet lot may yet fall to me. I rejoice in this expectation: May God grant that I complete it, That she does not change the illusion That makes me so fervently happy.
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View original text (without footnotes)Translation of titles:
"Frühlingslied" = "Spring song"
"Altdeutsches Minnelied" = "Old German love song"
1 Mendelssohn: "Upon the meadow beautiful flowers / Are blooming toward"
2 Mendelssohn: "At the thought of"
3 Mendelssohn: "a dream does for the poor man."
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876), no title
Based on:
- a text in Mittelhochdeutsch by Ulrich von Lichtenstein (1200? - 1275?), "Ein Tanzwîze, und ist diu vierde Wîze"
This text was added to the website: 2013-09-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 90