Und die [Sonne machte]1 den weiten [Ritt]2 [Um]3 die Welt, Und die Sternlein sprachen: wir reisen mit [Um]3 die Welt; Und die Sonne sie schalt sie: ihr bleibt zu Haus, Denn ich brenn' euch die goldnen Äuglein aus Bei dem feurigen Ritt um die Welt. Und die Sternlein gingen zum lieben Mond In der Nacht, Und sie sprachen: du, der auf Wolken thront In der Nacht, Laß uns [wandeln]4 mit dir, denn dein milder Schein Er verbrennet uns nimmer die Äugelein. Und er nahm sie, Gesellen der Nacht. Nun willkommen, Sternlein und lieber Mond, In der Nacht! Ihr verstehet, was still in dem Herzen wohnt In der Nacht. Kommt und zündet die himmlischen Lichter an, Daß ich lustig mitschwärmen und [spielen]5 kann In den freundlichen Spielen der Nacht.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Ernst Moritz Arndt, Gedichte, Vollständige Sammlung, Zweite Auflage, Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1865, pages 151-152.
1 a later version of the poem titled "Die Sternlein" (1823) has "Sonne, sie machte" (used by Attenhofer, Banck, and Böie, according to the incipits in Hofmeister, and by Ochs); Blumenthal: "Sonne macht"; Blumner: "Sonne, die machte" (Musikalien-catalog von Heinrichshofen's Verlag)2 Attenhofer: "Weg"; further changes may exist not noted.
3 Ochs: "Durch"
4 Blumenthal: "wandern"
5 Ochs: "singen"
Authorship:
- by Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769 - 1860), "Ballade", written 1809, first published 1818 [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 Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Die Sternlein", op. 17 (Zwölf zwei- und dreistimmigen Kinderlieder) no. 2, published 1876 [ children's chorus a cappella ], Zürich, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Zur Nacht", op. 48 no. 4, from Zwölf Lieder für die Jugend, für Schule und Haus, no. 4, Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques (Jacob) Blumenthal (1829 - 1908), "Sonne, Mond und Sterne" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Martin Blumner (1827 - 1901), "Die Sternlein", op. 13 (Sechs vierstimmige Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 3, published 1862 [ SATB chorus ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Johann Hermann) Heinrich Böie (1825 - 1879), "Die Sternlein", op. 21 no. 1, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder für die Jugend, no. 1, Hamburg, Pohle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Wilhelm Fliegel , "Die Sternlein", op. 6 (Acht Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7, published 1854 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Ballade", op. 165 (Acht Gesänge für S., A., T. und B. ohne Begleitung) no. 3, published 1874 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Ballade", op. 85 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 2, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Siegfried Ochs (1858 - 1929), "Vom Mond und den Sternlein", published 1903 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Im Volkston: moderne Volkslieder komponiert für Die Woche, Druck und Verlag von August Scherl G.m.b.H. Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Joseph) Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882), "Ballade", op. 97 (10 Lieder für Männerchor) no. 6 (1853-63), published 1865 [ men's chorus ], Only one verse is printed, but Raff indicates that 3 verses be sung. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Lied von den Sternlein", op. 32 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1852) [ duet for 2 sopranos with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Und die Sonne machte den weiten Ritt ", op. 101 (Gesänge und Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, 23ste Liedersammlung) no. 6, published 1835 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Die Sternlein ", op. 38 (Drei Chorgesänge für S., A., T. und B.) no. 1, published 1874 [ SATB chorus ], Wien, Schreiber  [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Die Sternlein", op. 124 no. 3, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], from Klänge aus der Kinderwelt, Heft VII, no. 3, Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Catharina Van Rennes (1858 - 1940), "Die Sterne der Nacht", op. 13 no. 3, published 1890 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from Im Freien! Acht Duette für Sopran und Alt, no. 3, Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Gwendolen Gore) , "The star's request"
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-11
Line count: 21
Word count: 129
And the sun went off on his ride so free Round the world, And the stars spoke out: "We will go with thee Round the World," But the Sun in his anger so loudly cries: "You shall all stay at home, lest I burn your eyes In my fiery ride around the world." Then the Stars went off to the kindly moon In the night And they said: "Oh mother, we crave a boon In the night," Let us wander with thee, for thy tender rays, They will do us no harm like the sun's hot blaze;" So she welcomed her children of night. Now welcome stars and the queen of the sky, In the night, You know the thoughts in my heart that lie In the night. Come and light up the heavenly tapers all, And with brightness and beauty our hearts enthral, In the glorified hours of the night.
Authorship:
- Singable translation by Gwendolen Gore , "The star's request" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769 - 1860), "Ballade", written 1809, first published 1818
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2009-12-14
Line count: 21
Word count: 151