Songs
Frühlingsbotschaft
by Robert Schumann From Lieder-Album für die Jugend (1849) Op. 79 21.iv–13.v.1849
Frühlingsbotschaft
German source:
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
Lasset uns singen,
Lasset uns springen!
Frühling wird es nun bald!
Kuckuck, Kuckuck läßt nicht sein Schrein:
Komm in die Felder,
Wiesen und Wälder!
Frühling, stelle dich ein!
Kuckuck, Kuckuck, trefflicher Held!
Was du gesungen,
Ist dir gelungen:
Winter räumet das Feld.
Spring Tidings
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
Let us sing,
Let us dance!
Spring will soon be here.
Cuckoo, cuckoo does not cease calling:
Come to the fields,
The meadows and woods!
Spring, don’t be long in coming!
Cuckoo, cuckoo, gallant hero!
Your refrain
Was not in vain:
Winter is on the run.
Translations by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Frühlingsbotschaft
German source:
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
Spring Tidings
English source:
Richard Stokes
Kuckuck, Kuckuck ruft aus dem Wald:
Cuckoo, cuckoo calls from the wood:
Lasset uns singen,
Let us sing,
Lasset uns springen!
Let us dance!
Frühling wird es nun bald!
Spring will soon be here.
Kuckuck, Kuckuck läßt nicht sein Schrein:
Cuckoo, cuckoo does not cease calling:
Komm in die Felder,
Come to the fields,
Wiesen und Wälder!
The meadows and woods!
Frühling, stelle dich ein!
Spring, don’t be long in coming!
Kuckuck, Kuckuck, trefflicher Held!
Cuckoo, cuckoo, gallant hero!
Was du gesungen,
Your refrain
Ist dir gelungen:
Was not in vain:
Winter räumet das Feld.
Winter is on the run.
Composer
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann was a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. He had been assured…
Poet
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben was a German poet. He is best known for writing "Das Lied der Deutschen", its third stanza now being the national anthem of Germany, and a number of popular children's songs, considered part of the Young…