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by Ernst Zahn (1867 - 1952)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Die Welt ist Wolkenfinster

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Die Welt ist Wolkenfinster,
Es tost der Stürme Schlacht,
Zu meinen Häupten leuchtet
Ein Sternlicht in die Nacht.

Der Stern ist aufgegangen
Tags, da ich dich gewann.
Nun leitet er durch Nächte
Mich still gewordnen Mann.

In meinen dunkeln Zeiten
Strahlt er herein von fern.
Die Wolken jagen und fahren,
Ich sehe nur den Stern.

Ich seh' ihn stehn und scheinen,
Ein stiller, seliger Mann;
Der Stern ist aufgegangen
Tags, da ich dich gewann.

Confirmed with Gedichte von Ernst Zahn, Stuttgart & Leipzig: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1910, page 6.

Text Authorship:

by Ernst Zahn (1867 - 1952), "Die Welt ist Wolkenfinster" [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 Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Die Welt ist Wolkenfinster", op. 59 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], from Daheim, fünf Gesänge für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The world is dark with clouds", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-01-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 74

The world is dark with clouds

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The world is dark with clouds,
The battle of the storms is raging,
Above my head there gleams
The light of a [single] star out into the night.

The star appeared in the heavens
On the day that I won you.
Now through the nights it leads
Me, the man who has become quiet.

Into my dark times
It glows from a distance.
The clouds scud and race [across the sky],
I see only the star.

I see it standing and shining,
A silent, bliss-filled man;
The star appeared in the heavens
On the day that I won you.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Ernst Zahn (1867 - 1952), "Die Welt ist Wolkenfinster"
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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 99