At the window | I looked up and believed

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ich hab' empor gesehen und geglaubt

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Ich hab' empor gesehen und geglaubt,
Im Fenster dort ging' auf der Sonne Glanz;
Die Brust noch drinnen, vorgelehnt das Haupt,
Ums schöne Haar schlang sich ein Veilchenkranz.
-- Gieb Acht, Signor, daß ich dich nicht verwunde.
Du trägst der Liebe Waffen auf dem Haupt.
Zwei Löckchen sind auf deinem Haupt zu sehn,
Blickst du empor, so ist's um dich geschehn.

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• J. Marx

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Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 41.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 85 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Am Fenster", 1912, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "At the window", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Peter Donderwinkel , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 60

At the window

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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I looked up and believed
That in the window there the sun's radiance was rising;
Her breast was still inside [the room], her head was leaning forward [through the window],
About her beautiful hair was wound a wreath of violets.
-- Take care, Signor, that I do not wound you.
You wear the munitions of love upon your head.
Two little curls are visible upon your brow,
If you look up, you're done for.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 85
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2012-07-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 73