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