Ich sah am Fenster drei Mädchen
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)
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.
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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 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
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I saw three maidens at the window
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
I saw three maidens at the window,
Their gaze was turned toward me;
Suddenly they shot three arrows
Of love down upon me.
One struck my brow,
The second, with pain, [struck] my head;
The [arrow of the] most beautiful of the maidens,
It struck me right in the heart.
I send back congratulations to the good one
And send back many thanks;
But to the oldest of the sisters
I entrust the fate of my heart.
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