Morning serenade | Arise and open your window quickly

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by Albert Träger (1830 - 1912)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Steh' auf und öffne das Fenster schnell

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Steh' auf und öffne das Fenster schnell,
Es lacht der Morgen so frisch, so hell,
Und unten im kleinen Garten
Sind Leute, die Deiner warten.

Die Veilchen kamen über Nacht,
Hoffärtig breit sich die Tulpe macht,
Und träumend auf und nieder
Schwankt schon der blaue Flieder.

Die Ärmsten haben keine Ruh',
An's Fenster blicken sie immerzu,
Sie glauben nicht an des Lenzes Wehen,
Bis sie die holde Rose gesehen.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Albert Traeger, Neunte vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig, Verlag von Ernst Keil, 1873, page 114.

Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the word "Ärmsten" becomes "Aermsten", but as can be seen in how "über" becomes "Ueber" when capitalized, this is due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography, so we use "Ärmsten".

Text Authorship:

by Albert Träger (1830 - 1912), "Morgenständchen" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Morning serenade

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Arise and open your window quickly,
The morning is smiling so freshly, so brightly,
And down in the little garden
Are people who are waiting for you. 

The violets came overnight,
Arrogantly the tulip spreads its petals,
And dreamily back and forth
The blue lilac is already swaying. 

The poor things have no peace,
They gaze up to the window constantly,
They do not believe in the breezes of springtime
Until they have seen the lovely rose.

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Translations of titles:
"Am Morgen" = "In the morning"
"Holde Rose, steh' auf" = "Lovely rose, arise!"
"Morgenständchen" = "Morning serenade"

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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-01
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