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Ich halte, Edlitam, Am Fenster hier Wacht -- Schon deckt die Gefilde Rings finstere Nacht. Hier steh' ich allnächtig Und singe ein Lied -- Und singe was mächtig Das Herz mir durchzieht. Von Lieben und Hoffen, Von Freude und Pein -- Das Fenster steht offen, Das Lied tönt hinein. Und schallen die Töne Zur Liebsten in's Haus, Dann steckt meine Schöne Ihr Köpfchen heraus. Sie reicht mir das Händchen Und giebt mir den Dank -- Vorbei ist das Ständchen, Es schweigt der Gesang . .
Confirmed with Alte und neue Gedichte von Friedrich Bodenstedt, Erster Band, Berlin: Verlag der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei (R. v. Decker), page 201.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), "Ständchen", appears in Alte und neue Gedichte, in 9. Aus dem Buche Edlitam (1847-1851) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840 - 1913), "Ständchen", op. 12 (Fünf Gedichte) no. 2, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Oldenburg, Schulze [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Decker , "Ständchen", op. 21 (Drei Duette für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1881 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Dresden, Brauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Ständchen", op. 163 (Friedrich Bodenstedts Lieder für eine Sopran oder Tenorstimme am Piano zu singen), Heft 2 no. 13, published 1853 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Otto Sturm , "Ständchen", op. 3 no. 1, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], from Edlitam. Drei Gedichte von Bodenstedt für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Köln, Alt & Uhrig [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Serenade", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2013-10-25
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Word count: 81
Edlitam, I keep Watch here at the window -- Already the fields about Are shrouded in dark night. Here I stand every night And sing a song -- And sing of that which mightily Surges through my heart. [A song ] of loving and hoping, Of joy and of pain -- The window stands open, The sound of my song enters it. The tones resound Into my beloved's house, Then my lovely one Pokes out her little head. She stretches forth her little hand And gives me my thanks -- The serenade is over, My singing falls silent . .
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), "Ständchen", appears in Alte und neue Gedichte, in 9. Aus dem Buche Edlitam (1847-1851)
This text was added to the website: 2013-10-25
Line count: 20
Word count: 96