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Komm, [Mädchen]1, an dein Fenster, Komm, wenn die Schatten düstern, Komm, wenn die Sterne funkeln, Und halte deine Wacht! Ich werde dir im Dunkeln, Ein Wörtchen, ein geheimes, Zigeunerisches, flüstern; Dann rette dich in's Freie, Dann wirf dich an die Brust mir, Dann fliehe mit dem Liebsten Vertraulich in die Nacht.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with G.Fr. Daumer, Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte - Poetische Zugaben aus verschiedenen Ländern und Völkern, Hamburg: Bei Hoffmann und Campe, 1846, page 200.
1 Hasse: "Liebchen"; further changes may exist not noted above.Text Authorship:
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Poetische Zugaben aus verschiedenen Ländern und Völkern, in Zigeunerisch, no. 4, first published 1846 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Eduard Behm (1862 - 1946), "Zigeunerständchen", op. 10 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl Friedrich) Gustav Brah-Müller (1839 - 1878), "Lockung", op. 39 (Neun Lieder, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Ehlert (1825 - 1884), "Zigeunerisch", op. 16 no. 2, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Lieder aus dem Morgenland, no. 2, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Gernsheim (1839 - 1916), "Komm, Mädchen, an dein Fenster", op. 34 (Vier Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Hasse (1834 - 1889), "Lockung", op. 23 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Isador) George Henschel (1850 - 1934), "Zigeuner-Ständchen", op. 20, published 1872 [ voice and small orchestra with solo violin ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Ferdinand Riccius (1819 - 1886), "Zigeunerständchen", op. 45 (Sechs Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1884 [ high voice and piano ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Rückauf (1855 - 1903), "Lockruf", op. 17 no. 3, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Zigeunerlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elise Schmezer (1810 - 1856), "Zigeunerlied aus dem Persischen", op. 10 (Vier Lieder für hohe Stimme) no. 3, published 1850; 1853 [ high voice and piano ], Berlin, Damköhler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Schütt (1856 - 1933), "Komm, Mädchen, an dein Fenster", op. 24 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 3, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix von Woyrsch (1860 - 1944), "Zigeunerisches Ständchen", op. 14 no. 10, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Spanisches Liederbuch für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 10, Berlin, Weinholtz [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2020
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-24
Line count: 11
Word count: 51
Come, maiden, to your window, come when the shadows grow dark, come, when the stars twinkle, come, and end your vigil. I will whisper to you in the darkness one little word, an arcane word known [only] to the Romani! Then you will escape to freedom, then you will throw yourself on my breast, then you will flee with your beloved in secret through the night.
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Translation of titles
"Zigeunerisches Ständchen" = "Romani serenade"
"Zigeunerständchen" = "Romani serenade"
Note for line 7: "Zigeunerisches" refers to the Romani people, formerly known pejoratively as "Gypsies".
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Poetische Zugaben aus verschiedenen Ländern und Völkern, in Zigeunerisch, no. 4, first published 1846
This text was added to the website: 2020-02-06
Line count: 11
Word count: 66