There is a knocking at the window-pane | The linden tree is knocking at the window-pane

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by Richard Volkmann (1830 - 1889), as Richard Leander

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Es klopft an die Scheiben der Lindenbaum

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Es klopft an die Scheiben der Lindenbaum
Mit dem Zweige blüthenbehangen: 
Steh' auf!  Steh' auf!  Was liegst du im Traum? 
Die Sonne ist aufgegangen! 

Die Lerche ist wach, die Büsche weh'n,
Die Bienen summen und Käfer; 
Und dein fleißiges Lieb hab' ich auch schon geseh'n,  -- 
Steh' auf, Langschläfer, Langschäfer!

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Confirmed with Richard Leanders sämtliche Werke, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1899, page 223.

Text Authorship:

by Richard Volkmann (1830 - 1889), as Richard Leander, no title, appears in Gedichte, in Kleine Lieder, no. 9 [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 Julius Sachs (1830 - 1887), "Es klopft an die Scheiben", op. 101 (Drei Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Halle a/S., Gräbner & Alban [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Gustav Mahler.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "There is a knocking at the window-pane", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-05
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There is a knocking at the window‑pane

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The linden tree is knocking at the window-pane
With its boughs hung with blossoms:
Get up! Get up! Why do you lie about in dreams?
The sun has risen!

The lark is awake, the bushes are waving in the breeze,
The bees are humming and the beetles;
And I have also already seen your industrious beloved, --
Get up, sleepyhead, sleepyhead!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Volkmann (1830 - 1889), as Richard Leander, no title, appears in Gedichte, in Kleine Lieder, no. 9
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This text was added to the website: 2024-08-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 60