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by Friedrich Christoph Förster (1791 - 1868)

Du trauter Stern!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du trauter Stern!
Warum so fern?
Nicht zu der Erde darfst du steigen,
Am fernen Himmel mußt du steh'n,
Du ruhst nicht unter grünen Zweigen
Und diese Welt ist doch so schön. 
Du trauter Stern!
Warum so fern?
Du hörst nicht dieses Bächlein rauschen, 
Du folgest ihm nicht von Ort zu Ort,
Nicht Aug' im Auge darfst du tauschen
Der Seele tiefempfundenes Wort.

Du trauter Stern!
Warum so fern?
Und doch, wie tröstet mich dein Schimmer,
Wenn ich in dunkler Nacht dich sah.
Ich weiß es wohl, du bist mir immer
Auch in der fernsten Ferne nah.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Christoph Förster (1791 - 1868) [author's text not yet checked 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 (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Trost in der Ferne", op. 14 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 4 (1836), published 1836 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by P. Müller , "Du trauter Stern", published 1890 [ men's chorus ], note: may be wrong text; Bremen, Fischer [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2012-09-18
Line count: 18
Word count: 97

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