In front of your window | In front of your window, the vines

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Vor deinem Fenster

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Vor deinem Fenster die Ranken
Wiegen sich leise im Wind,
Sie wehen, winken und wanken --
Das sind meine armen Gedanken
Die zu dir gekommen sind.

Du willst von ihnen nichts wissen,
Schließest im Trotze dein Haus,
Du wühlst den Kopf in die Kissen
Und horchst doch, von Sehnsucht zerrissen,
Mit fiebernden Pulsen hinaus!

Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, Fünfte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, page 91.

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Vor deinem Fenster", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 4. Fremdes Leben, no. 13 [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 Theodore Spiering (1871 - 1925), "Vor deinem Fenster", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3, published 1906 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In front of your window", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2023-10-12
Line count: 10
Word count: 53

In front of your window

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

In front of your window, the vines
Move softly in the wind,
They blow, beckon and undulate --
Those are my poor thoughts
That have come to you.

You wish to know nothing about them,
In defiance you lock up your house,
You burrow your head into your pillows
But nevertheless, torn by yearning, 
You harken out with feverish pulse!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Vor deinem Fenster", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 4. Fremdes Leben, no. 13
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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-03
Line count: 10
Word count: 59