Stars with little golden feet

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Sterne mit den goldnen Füßchen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE ITA

   Sterne mit den goldnen Füßchen,
Wandeln droben bang und sacht,
Daß sie nicht die Erde wecken
Die da schläft im Schoß der Nacht.
 
   Horchend stehn die stummen Wälder,
Jedes Blatt ein grünes Ohr!
Und der Berg, wie träumend streckt er
Seinen Schattenarm hervor.
 
   Doch was rief dort? In mein Herze
Dringt der Töne Widerhall.
War es der Geliebten Stimme,
Oder nur die Nachtigall?

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• R. Franz • H. Wolf

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., [no year], page 251.

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 37 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Stars with little golden feet

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

   Stars with little golden feet
Are wandering above, anxiously and gently,
So that they do not waken the earth
That sleeps in the lap of night.
 
   Listening the mute forests stand,
Every leaf a green ear!
And the mountain, as in a dream,
Stretches forth its shadowy arm.
 
   But what called yonder? Into my heart
Penetrates the echo of the sounds.
Was it the voice of my beloved,
Or simply the nightingale?

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Translated titles:
"Sterne mit den gold'nen Füßchen" = "Stars with little golden feet"
"Sterne" = "Stars"
"Nachtlied" = "Night song"
"Sommernacht" = "Summer night"
"Nachtstück" = "Night piece"
"Mainacht" = "May night"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 37
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This text was added to the website: 2016-06-27
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