Holder klingt der Vogelsang

Holder klingt der Vogelsang,
Wenn die Engelreine, 
Die mein [Jünglingsherz]1 bezwang
Wandelt durch die Haine.

Röter blühen Tal und Au,
Grüner wird der Wasen,
[Wo die Finger meiner Frau
Maienblumen lasen.]2

Ohne sie ist alles tot,
Welk sind Blüt' und Kräuter;
Und kein Frühlingsabendrot
Dünkt mir schön und heiter.

Traute, minnigliche Frau,
Wollest nimmer fliehen;
Daß mein Herz, gleich dieser Au,
Mög' in Wonne blühen!

by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748-1776)

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).
by Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954) , "Minnelied", 1892?
by (Jakob Ludwig) Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) , "Minnelied im Mai", op. 8 no. 1 (1828).
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Minnelied", D. 429 (1816), published 1885.

ENG English (Emily Ezust)
DUT Dutch [singable] (Lau Kanen)

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