Submitted by asante on Mi, 06/29/2011 - 12:45
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Kuckuck, Kuckuck
Cuckoo, cuckoo

Kuckuck, Kuckuck ruft’s aus dem Wald

Lasset uns singen,

tanzen und springen!

Frühling, Frühling wird es nun bald.

 

Kuckuck, Kuckuck lässt nicht sein Schrei’n:

„Komm in die Felder,

Wiesen und Wälder!

Frühling, Frühling, stelle dich ein!“

 

Kuckuck, Kuckuck, trefflicher Held!

Was du gesungen,

ist dir gelungen:

Winter, Winter räumet das Feld.

Cuckoo, cuckoo, it cries out of the woods,

Let us sing,

dance and jump!

Spring, spring, it soon will be.

 

Cuckoo, cuckoo, won’t stop his cries:

„Come to the fields,

meadows and woods!

Spring, spring, set in!“

 

Cuckoo, cuckoo, splendid hero!

What you sang,

you made come true:

Winter, winter is leaving the fields.

In the 19th century, this melody was sung using different lyrics (goldfinch, goldfinch, …). In 1844, Hoffmann von Fallersleben wrote the lyrics that are sung today. From then on, this song has been very popular as a nursery rhyme, mostly in Southern Germany and Austria.