The little window | You little window, you with the new shutter

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Das Fensterlein

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

Our translations: ENG

Du Fensterlein, du mit dem neuen Lädchen,
Mit blanken Scheiben leuchtend gleich dem Golde,
Warum verbirgst du mir mein süßes Mädchen?
Ach, laß mich sie erblicken, meine Holde.
 
Wie angehext kann ich nicht von dir gehen,
Die Stunden schwinden hin, ich bin geblieben.
Ich möchte doch so gern dich offen sehen!
Du schnödes Fenster, weißt du nichts vom Lieben?
 
Will ich zur Kirche, kann ich nicht vorüber,
Weihwasser nehm' ich rasch und gehe wieder.
Im Bette lieg' ich schlaflos, wie im Fieber --
Verzaubert hast du mir ach! Herz und Glieder.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• W. von Baußnern

W. von Baußnern sets stanzas 1-2

Beneath the title: (Napolitanisch)

Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 210.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), "Das Fensterlein", appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Volksthümliche Lieder, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Waldemar Edler von Baußnern (1866 - 1931), "Das Fensterlein", stanzas 1-2 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder auf Texte aus dem "Italienischen Liederbuch", no. 2, in the collection Lieder siebenbürgischer Komponisten, Book I [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The little window", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 90

The little window

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

You little window, you with the new shutter,
With windowpanes that shine like gold,
Why do you conceal my sweet girl from me?
Ah, let me glimpse her, my lovely one.

As if bewitched I cannot go from you;
The hours pass, I have remained.
I would so dearly love to see you open!
You disdainful window, do you know nothing of loving?

If I wish to go to church, I cannot go by,
I hastily take some holy water and leave again.
Sleepless I lie in bed, as if in a fever --
You have ensorcelled, ah! my heart and my limbs.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), "Das Fensterlein", appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Volksthümliche Lieder, first published 1860
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2021-02-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 102