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by Karl Gottfried von Leitner (1800 - 1890)

Die Sterne
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Wie blitzen
Die Sterne
So hell durch die Nacht!
Bin oft schon
Darüber
Vom Schlummer erwacht.
 
Doch schelt' ich
Die lichten
Gebilde d'rum nicht,
Sie üben
Im Stillen
Manch heilsame Pflicht.
 
Sie wallen
Hoch oben
In Engelgestalt,
[Und]1 leuchten
Dem Pilger
Durch Heiden und Wald.
 
Sie schweben
Als Bothen
Der Liebe umher,
Und tragen
Oft Küsse
Weit über das Meer.
 
Sie blicken
Dem Dulder 
Recht mild in's Gesicht,
Und säumen
Die Thränen
Mit silbernem Licht.
 
[Sie]2 weisen
Von Gräbern
Gar tröstlich und hold
Uns hinter
Das Blaue
Mit Fingern von Gold.
 
So sey denn
Gesegnet
Du strahlige Schar!
Und leuchte
Mir lange
Noch freundlich und klar.
 
Und wenn ich
Einst liebe,
Seyd hold dem Verein,
Und euer
Geflimmer
Laßt Segen uns seyn.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Schubert 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Carl Gottfried Ritter von Leitner. Wien, gedruckt bey J. P. Sollinger. 1825, pages 19-21; and with Gedichte von Karl Gottfried Ritter v. Leitner. Zweite sehr vermehrte Auflage. Hannover. Victor Lohse. 1857, pages 28-29.

1 Schubert: "Sie"
2 Schubert: "Und"

Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Gottfried von Leitner (1800 - 1890), "Die Sterne", written 1819, first published 1825 [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 Anselm Hüttenbrenner (1794 - 1868), "Die Sterne", published 1825 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die Sterne", op. 96 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, D 939 (1828), published 1828, first performed 1828 [ voice, piano ], Lithographisches Institut, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Les estrelles", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De sterren", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (David Gordon) , "The stars", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les étoiles", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Le stelle", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: David Gordon , Rudi Spring , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 48
Word count: 124

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