The stars shoot so merrily

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Der Bote

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

  Am Himmelsgrund schießen
So lustig die Stern',
Dein Schatz läßt dich grüßen
Aus weiter, weiter Fern' !

  Hat eine Zither gehangen
An der Thür unbeacht't,
Der Wind ist gegangen
Durch die Saiten bei Nacht.

  Schwang sich auf dann vom Gitter
Über die Berge, übern Wald --
Mein Herz ist die Zither,
Gibt ein'n fröhlichen Schall.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Halle an der Saale: Druck und Verlag von Otto Hendel, [no year], page 141.

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der Bote", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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The stars shoot so merrily

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The stars shoot so merrily
Across the heavenly background,
Your beloved sends you greetings
From the great, great distance!
 
Unnoticed, a zither hung
At the door;
The wind blew through
The strings by night.
 
The tones then rose aloft from the strings
Over the mountains, over the forest --
My heart is the zither,
It emits a joyous sound.

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