Here’s a pretty little German poem about Spring called “Er Ists” by Eduard Moerike (1829). It’s well-known in Germany and is often quoted when the spring approaches.
You can listen to a recording of the poem below and read along with the text and English translation.
Er Ists
By Eduard Moerike
Fruehling laesst sein blaues Band
Wieder flattern durch die Luefte;
Suesse, wohlbekannte Duefte
Streifen ahnungsvoll das Land.
Veilchen traeumen schon,
Wollen balde kommen.
—Horch, von fern ein leiser Harfenton!
Fruehling, ja du bists!
Dich habe ich vernommen!
English Translation:
It’s Him
Spring lets his blue ribbons
Flutter through the air once more;
Sweet, familiar scents
Drift over the land with promise.
The violets are dreaming by now,
They want to come out soon.
-Hark, the sound of a soft harp from afar!
Yes, it’s you Spring!
It’s you I heard!
Image: A watercolor painting of Violets by Alice Carmen Gouvy (circa 1900).
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