by Ludwig Jacobowski (1868 - 1900)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ständchen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
  Und kommt des Wegs ein Musikant,
Die Fiedel auf dem Rücken, 
[Den will ich durch das]1 weite Land 
Zu meiner Liebsten schicken. 

  Und wenn die ganze Stadt erwacht, 
Geh [fideln auf den]2 Gassen! 
Du [sollst]3 in dieser Sommernacht 
Kein Mädchen schlafen lassen. 

  Der Wächter bleibt verwundert stehn, 
Kein Brunnen soll mehr rauschen. 
Der Mond vergißt das Weitergehn, 
Um deinem Klang zu lauschen! 

  Und hört es auch die ganze Stadt, 
Du spielst [ja nur für]4 Eine; 
Die beide Fenster offen hat, 
Die ist es, die ich meine . . .

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   R. Cahn-Speyer 

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Confirmed with Ludwig Jacobowski, Aus Tag und Traum, Berlin: S. Calvary & Co., 1896, page 22.

1 Cahn-Speyer: "So will ich ihn durch's"
2 Cahn-Speyer: "fiedeln auf die"
3 Cahn-Speyer: "darfst"
4 Cahn-Speyer: "nur für die"

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Word count: 94

Serenade
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
  And if a musician should come along,
With his fiddle upon his back,
[I]1 would send him through the wide land
To my beloved.

  And though the whole city wakens,
Go fiddle upon the streets!
In this summer night, you [are to]2
Let not a single maiden sleep.

  The watchman is to stop bemused,
No fountain is to flow.
The moon is to forget to travel on
In order to listen to your sounds!

  And though the entire city hears it,
You are playing for only one person;
She who has both windows open,
It is she whom I mean . . .

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1 Cahn-Speyer: "Then I"
2 Cahn-Speyer: "may not"

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This text was added to the website: 2022-10-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 106