Little window, by night you are shut | Little window, by night you are shut

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by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Fensterlein, nachts bist du zu

(Sung text for setting by A. Zemlinsky)

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

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE ITA SPA

Fensterlein, nachts bist du zu,
Tust auf dich am Tag mir zu Leide:
Mit Nelken umringelt bist du;
O öffne dich, Augenweide!

Fenster aus köstlichen Stein,
Drinnen die Sonne, die Sterne da draußen,
O Fensterlein heimlich und klein,
Sonne da drinnen und Rosen da draußen.

Composition:

Alexander Zemlinsky

Walzer Gesänge nach toskanischen Volksliedern von Ferdinand Gregorovius

Text Authorship:

by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891), no title, appears in Wanderjahre in Italien, in Toscanische Melodieen, no. 27

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , Tuscan [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Little window, by night you are shut", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Petite fenêtre, la nuit tu es fermée", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Enrico Magnani) , "Finestrella, chiusa nella notte", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "Ventanita, por la noche estás cerrada", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 45

Little window, by night you are shut

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Zemlinsky)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 Little window, by night you are shut,
 and by day, to my sorrow, you are open:
 you are framed with carnations;
 If you were to open, it would be a welcome sight!
 
 Window of precious stone,
 within - sunlight; without - stars;
 O little window, secret and small,
 sun within and roses without.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891), no title, appears in Wanderjahre in Italien, in Toscanische Melodieen, no. 27
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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , Tuscan [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 52