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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891)

Ich sah am Fenster drei Mädchen
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ich sah am Fenster drei Mädchen,
Die Blicke mir zugewandt;
Sie haben mir plötzlich drei Pfeile
Der Liebe hinunter gesandt.

Die eine traf mir die Stirne,
Die and're das Haupt mit Schmerz;
Das allerschönste der Mädchen,
Es traf mich mitten in's Herz.

Einen Glückwunsch send' ich der Guten
Und schönen Dank zurück;
Der Ältesten aber der Schwestern
Empfehl' ich mein Herzensgeschick.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Ferdinand Gregorovius, Wanderjahre in Italien, Erster Band, Figuren. Geschichte, Leben und Scenerie aus Italien, Vierte Auflage, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1874, page 309.


Text Authorship:

  • by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891), no title, appears in Wanderjahre in Italien, in Toscanische Melodieen, no. 9 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , Tuscan [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Ludwig Schneller , "Ich sah am Fenster drei Mädchen", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Toscanische Melodien nach Ferd. Gregorovius für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, Heft 2, no. 2, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav Tyson Wolff (1840 - 1907), "Ich sah am Fenster drei Mädchen", op. 29 no. 2, published 1886 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Zwölf toscanische Melodieen (nach Texten aus dem Volk), no. 2, Leipzig, (W. Dietrich.) [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "I saw three maidens at the window", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-08-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

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