To be Sung at the Window | My cute, sweet lass

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by Franz Stelzhamer (1802 - 1874)

Translation © by Johann Winkler

's Fensterg'sangl

Language: German (Upper Austrian)

Our translations: ENG

Du herzig's schen's Diandel,
sei freundli mit mir,
schau, wos konm den da Mensch
um sein Wohlg'fall'n dafür?

Zwa Veigerl sand d'Äugerl,
zwa Reserl sand d'Wang',
und dö möch i hald brocka,
wos laugn' i's denn long!

All' meine Gedanka,
dö laufen dir nach,
war oan Wellerl den andern
in rauschaten Bach.

Wiar in Früeling oan Vögerl
den andern nachfliagt,
und wiar d'Sunn' alli Blümerln
geg'n seina hinbiagt,

so folgt dir mein Herz
ohne Rast, ohne Rua,
und da halsstarri Kopf
gibt sein Jawort dazua.

D'rum, herzig's schen's Diandel,
sei freundli mit mir,
schau, wos konm den da Mensch
um sein Wohlg'fall'n dafür?

Text Authorship:

by Franz Stelzhamer (1802 - 1874) [author's text not yet checked 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 Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "'s Fensterg'sangl" [ TTBB chorus and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Johann Winkler) , "To be Sung at the Window", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2023-04-30
Line count: 24
Word count: 103

To be Sung at the Window

Language: English after the German (Upper Austrian)

My cute, sweet lass,
be friendly with me;
look, who is to blame
for his likings?

Two violets are the eyes
and two roses the cheeks,
and these I'd like to pluck,
I won't deny it.

All my thoughts,
they run after thee
like one wave after another
in the murmuring brook.

Like a bird in spring
flies after the others
and like the sun bends
the flowers towards itself,

so my heart follows after thee
relentlessly, restlessly,
and my stubborn head
gives its consent.

Therefore, my cute, sweet lass,
be friendly with me;
look, who is to blame
for his likings?

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Upper Austrian) by Franz Stelzhamer (1802 - 1874)
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This text was added to the website: 2023-04-30
Line count: 24
Word count: 102