Lad Vaaren komme

Lad Vaaren komme, mens den vil,
Med Grønt, der grønnes,
Med tusend Fugles Fløjtespil,
Mens Blomster blomstre
Og Alt det Skjønnes
Fagreste Fagre
Kommer at flagre
Ud ove Enge og ud over Agre,
Vælder i Haver og skjules i Skove,
Vælter sin Duft over Vang, og Vove.
Hvad gjør de mig?
Mit Hjerte er ej Blomst, ej Blad,
Og Vaaren gjør det ikke glad:
Det har sin egen, sære Vaar,
Naar?

by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847-1885)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Frederick Delius (1862-1934) , "Lad Vaaren komme", published 1897, from Seven Danish Songs, no. 7, also set in English, also set in German
by Henry Handel Richardson (1870-1946) [pseudonym] , "Lad Vaaren komme"

by Frederick Delius (1862-1934) , "Let springtime come", 1897 [voice and piano], from Seven Danish Songs, no. 7, also set in German, also set in Danish

by Frederick Delius (1862-1934) , "Den Lenz lass kommen", 1897, from Seven Danish Songs, no. 7, also set in English, also set in Danish

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Let springtime come

Let springtime come then, when it will,
with verdure greenest,
with flutelike song
of myriad birds,
when all that blossoms
and all that is freshest, loveliest, fairest
waves and flutters away 
over meadows, away over fields,
budding in gardens and hiding in woodlands,
shedding its fragrance on waters and waves.
Yet not for me! 
My heart is neither leaf nor blossom
and springtime cannot bring me joy:
I must await my own spring. 
When? When?

by Frederick Delius (1862-1934)

a text in Danish by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847-1885)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Frederick Delius (1862-1934) , "Let springtime come", 1897 [voice and piano], from Seven Danish Songs, no. 7, also set in German, also set in Danish

Date added to the website: 2003-11-24.