Sie saß am Rebenfenster
Im stillen Kämmerlein,
Und schaute hinaus in den Frühling
Und der Frühling schaute [hinein]1.

Und wer den Weg gegangen,
Blieb [stille grüßend]2 stehn,
Von allen den Blumen des Frühlings
[Auch]3 die schönste Rose zu seh'n. 

Die schickte freundlich lächelnd
Ein frühlingsduftend Wort;
[Ein sehnendes Herz zog weiter
Und die Rose blühete fort.]4

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Confirmed with Düsseldorfer Künstler-Album, 7. Jahrgang (1857), page 17

¹ Reinecke: "herein"
² Reinecke: "grüßend stille"
³ omitted by Reinecke
⁴ Reinecke: "Nun kann ich fürder nicht weiter, / Muss rasten hier fort und fort."

Text Authorship:

• by Carl Siebel (1836 - 1868), "Maria" [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 Jan Albert van Eijken (1823 - 1868), "Sie sass am Rebenfenster", op. 30 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Begegnung", op. 81 no. 2, published 1864 [ tenor and piano ], from Eine Novelle in Liedern. Cyclus von 8 Gesängen, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

She sat at the grapevine-window
In the quiet chamber,
And looked out into spring
And spring looked in.

And whoever walked that way
Stopped with a quiet greeting
In order to see of all the flowers of spring,
The loveliest rose [as well]1.

She sent forth, smiling in a friendly manner,
A spring-scented word;
[A yearning heart travelled onward
And the rose continued to bloom.]2