Der Blumenstrauss( The Bouquet)

Composer :Felix Mendelssohn (1809- 1847)

Poet: Karl Klingemann (1798-1862)

Op. 47 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5. 

Sie wandelt im Blumengarten 

she wanders   in  flower garden  

Und mustert den bunten   Flor, 

and  eyes  in  colourful flower 

Und alle die Kleinen warten 

and all  the small    wait

Und schauen zu  ihr empor. 

and look     to her up

Und seid ihr denn Frühlingsboten, 

and  are her because Harbingers spring 

Verkündend was  stets    so neu, 

announcing what always  so new

So werdet auch meine Boten 

so  will  also  my   messenger

An ihn, der mich liebt so treu.« 

to  it  that my love so true 

So überschaut   sie die  Habe 

so over looking they the have

Und ordnet den lieblichen Strauß, 

and  assigns the  lovely strauss  

Und reicht dem Freunde die Gabe, 

and  enough the friend the gift

Und weicht seinem Blicke aus. 

and   differs his glances off 

Was Blumen und Farben meinen, 

what flower and colours  mean

O deutet, o fragt das nicht, 

o indicate oh ask that not

Wenn aus den Augen der Einen 

that from the   eye of one 

Der süßeste Frühling spricht.

the  sweet spring    speech 

(English translation by Yik Ling)

She wanders in the flower garden
And examines the colorful pile,
And all the flowers waiting
And look up at her.

"And because ye are harbingers of spring,
Announcing what always so new
So shall also my messenger
To tell him that my love is so true. "

So she has looks over 
And assigns the lovely bouquet
And friends the gift ranges,
And deviates from her eyes.

What flowers and colors mean
Oh indicate, o do not ask that,
If it is the sight of one

sweetest spring speech.

Harbingers- 

someone or a thing that shows that something is going to happen soon, especially something bad