Three little children are looking out of the window | Three little children are looking out of the window

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by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Drei Kinderchen aus dem Fenster seh'n

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Our translations: ENG

Drei Kinderchen aus dem Fenster seh'n,
Im Garten blühen viel Blümlein schön,
Sie sprechen mit Blumen und Vöglein allen;
Rothkehlchen thut ihnen am meisten gefallen.

"So früh wir auch aus dem Fenster seh'n,
Die Blümlein schon alle im Staate steh'n;
Die Blümlein sind stumm, doch das Vöglein sagt piep, --
Rothkehlchen, bitte, uns Antwort gieb!"

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Confirmed with Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway, der deutsche Text von Käthe Freiligrath-Kroeker, München: Theodor Stroefers Kunstverlag, [1880], page 15.

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by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904), no title, appears in Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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a text in English by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901), no title, appears in Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, first published 1879
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Three little children are looking out of the window

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Three little children are looking out of the window,
In the garden many flowers are blooming beautifully,
They talk to all of the flowers and birds;
The robin is their favourite.

"No matter how early we look out of the window,
All the little flowers are already standing in their livery;
The little flowers are mute, but the birdlet says peep, --
Robin, please, give us an answer!"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904), no title, appears in Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in English by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901), no title, appears in Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, first published 1879
- Go to the text page.

Go to the general view

This text was added to the website: 2024-09-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 68