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by Franz Xaver Freiherr von Schlechta (1796 - 1875)

Das Fräulein ist noch munter
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Das Fräulein ist noch munter,
Und schreibt im Kämmerlein,
Und lächelt süß darunter;
Es muß viel Liebes seyn!
 
Die Gegend liegt in Träumen,
Der Mond allein ist wach,
Es [wehen]1 von den Bäumen
Die Blüthen in's Gemach.
 
Das Briefchen ist geschrieben,
Gefaltet zart und glatt -
Sie seufzt: »Wer bringt dem Lieben
Wer bringt ihm nun dieß Blatt?«
 
Da klingen holde Töne
Aus lauer Nacht herein:
»Vertraue mir, du Schöne,
Ich will dein Bote seyn!«
 
Ob er es weit getragen,
Und wer darum gefleht,
Mögt ihr den Ritter fragen,
Der in den Zweigen steht.

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Confirmed with Conversationsblatt. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Unterhaltung. Zweiter Jahrgang. 1820. Erster Band. Wien. Im Verlage der Gräffer'schen Buchhandlung. No. 53. Wien, Donnerstag, den 4. Mai, page 495; and with Dichtungen vom Freyherrn Franz von Schlechta. Erster Band. Wien, 1824. Im v. Hirschfeld'schen Verlage, pages 9-10 (with the title Der Ritter).

Note: Schlechta's poem is the first of a pair of romances Liebeslauschen. Zwey Romanzen, the other being Das Fräulein. A footnote (Zu Gemählden von Schnorr) explains that both poems were inspired by paintings of Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld.

Note: This is the initial version of this poem. Schlechta created a modified version, which was published posthumously in his Ephemeren.

1 Schlechta (1824 edition): "fallen"

Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Xaver Freiherr von Schlechta (1796 - 1875), "Des ritterlichen Jägers Liebeslauschen", subtitle: "Gemählde von Schnorr", first published 1840 [author's text checked 2 times 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 J. Brixner , "Liebeslauschen", op. 7, published 1872 [ tenor and piano ], Wien, Brixner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ignaz Moscheles (1794 - 1870), "Liebeslauschen", op. 117 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

Another version of this text exists in the database.

    • Go to the text. [ view differences ] ENG

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Eavesdropping love", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2015-06-08
Line count: 20
Word count: 94

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