Holder klingt der Vogelsang, Wann die Engelreine, Die mein [Jünglingsherz]1 bezwang, Wandelt durch die Haine. Röther [blühen]2 Thal und Au, Grüner wird der Wasen, [Wo die Finger meiner Frau Maienblumen]3 lasen. Ohne sie ist alles todt, Welk sind Blüt' und Kräuter; Und kein Frühlingsabendroth Dünkt mir schön und heiter. Traute, minnigliche Frau, Wollest nimmer fliehen; Daß mein Herz, gleich dieser Au, Mög' in Wonne blühen!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludewig Heinrich Christoph Hölty. Neu besorgt und vermehrt von Johann Heinrich Voss. Hamburg, bei Carl Ernst Bohn. 1804, pages 175-176.
Note: This is the version as published by Voß. The initial version of this poem, according to Hölty's manuscript, has one more stanza and is quite different (see below).
1 Mendelssohn: "junges Herz"2 Schubert: "blühet"
3 Schubert: "Wo mir Blumen, rot und blau, / Ihre Hände"
Note: According to Neue Gesamtausgabe Schubert set only stanzas 1 and 2, in his autograph he crossed out the repeat mark at the end.
Text Authorship:
- by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Minnelied", written 1773 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Minnelied", op. 71 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 5 (1877), published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Minnelied", op. 37 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Heinrich XIV, Graf Bolko von Hochberg (1843 - 1926), "Minnelied", op. 31 (Drei Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 3, published 1886 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "Minnelied", 1892? [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Minnelied im Mai", op. 8 (Zwölf Gesänge [nos. 2, 3, and 12 are by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel]) no. 1 (1828) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Louis Victor Franz Saar (1868 - 1937), "Minnelied", op. 8 (Drei Gesänge für 4 Solostimmen (S., A., T. und B.) mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1895 [ SATB quartet a cappella ], Leipzig, Robitschek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Minnelied", D 429 (1816), published 1885 [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Minnelied", op. 29 (Fünf Lieder im Volkston für 1 mittlere Singstimme ) no. 4, published 1881 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
Another version of this text exists in the database.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Minnelied", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Delightfully sound the birdsongs", copyright ©
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant d'amour", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) (Tsippora Samberg) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , no title, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Antonio Zencovich) , "Canzone d'amore", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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