Sie (Vom Balcone)
 Meinen Kranz hab' ich gesendet,
 Aber nicht, dich zu beglücken;
 Schweigend sollt' er dir verkünden
 Meiner Seele bangen Schmerz.

 Unsre Roße stehn gesattelt,
 Fort nach Schiras eilt der Vater;
 Horch, er ruft! -- Von der Geliebten
 Nimm ein zitternd Lebewohl.

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Text Authorship:

• by Heinrich Stieglitz (1801 - 1849), no title, appears in Bilder des Orients, in Liebe, in Ali und Fatme, no. 6 [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 Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817 - 1890), "Meinen Kranz hab' ich gesendet", op. 24 (Bilder des Orients. 5 Sange) no. 3 (1852) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Julius Stern (1820 - 1883), "Meinen Kranz hab' ich gesendet", op. 3 no. 2, published 1840 [ low voice and piano ], from Bilder des Orients. Gedichte von H. Stigelitz für tiefe Stimme, no. 2, Leipzig, Klemm [sung text not yet checked]

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• by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Ali und Fatme", op. 10 (Wanderbilder aus Arabien), Heft 2 no. 2 (1833), published 1834 [ voice and piano ]
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