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

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) , "Den Lenz lass kommen", 1897, from Seven Danish Songs, no. 7, also set in English, also set in Danish

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

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Den Lenz lass kommen

Den Lenz laß kommen, wann er will,
mit Grün, das grünet, 
mit tausend Vögleins
Flötenspiel, 
da Blumen blühen und Alles auf Erden
in buntester Schönheit wehet und flattert
dahin über Wiesen, dahin über Felder,
knospend in Gärten, 
verborgen in Wäldern,
Düfte ergießend auf Hügel und Wellen.
Was gilt das mir? 
Mein Herz ist weder Blatt, noch Blume, 
das Frühlings Lust mach mich nicht froh:
Einst wird mein eigner Lenz blühn. 
Wann? Wann?

by Jelka Rosen (Delius) (1868-1935)

a text in English by Frederick Delius (1862-1934) ENG

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) , "Den Lenz lass kommen", 1897, from Seven Danish Songs, no. 7, also set in English, also set in Danish

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