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by Karin Boye (1900 - 1941)

Stjärnornas tröst
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Our translations:  FRE GER
Jag har frågat en  i natt
-- ett ljus långt bort där ingen bor --:
"Vem lyser du, främmande stjärna?
Du går så klar och stor."

Hon såg med en stjärneblick,
som gjorde min ömkan stum:
"Jag lyser en evig natt.
Jag lyser ett livlöst rum.

Mitt ljus är en blomma som vissnar
i rymdernas sena höst.
Det ljuset är all min tröst.
Det ljuset är nog till tröst.“

Text Authorship:

  • by Karin Boye (1900 - 1941), "Stjärnornas tröst", appears in Gömda land, first published 1924 [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 Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Stjärnornas tröst", 1941, published 1943, from Sköld och svärd, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Consolation des étoiles", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Sterne Trost", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2018-11-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 67

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