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Und die Sonne machte den weiten Ritt Um die Welt, Und die Sternlein sprachen: wir reisen mit Um die Welt; Und die Sonne sie schalt sie: ihr bleibt zu Haus, Denn ich brenn' euch die goldnen Äuglein aus Bei dem feurigen Ritt um die Welt. Und die Sternlein gingen zum lieben Mond In der Nacht, Und sie sprachen: du, der auf Wolken thront In der Nacht, Laß uns wandeln mit dir, denn dein milder Schein Er verbrennet uns nimmer die Äugelein. Und er nahm sie, Gesellen der Nacht. Nun willkommen, Sternlein und lieber Mond, In der Nacht! Ihr verstehet, was still in dem Herzen wohnt In der Nacht. Kommt und zündet die himmlischen Lichter an, Daß ich lustig mitschwärmen und spielen kann In den freundlichen Spielen der Nacht.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Ernst Moritz Arndt, Gedichte, Vollständige Sammlung, Zweite Auflage, Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1865, pages 151-152. A later version of the poem exists titled "Die Sternlein" (first appeared in 1823).
Text Authorship:
- by Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769 - 1860), "Ballade", written 1809, first published 1818 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-11
Line count: 21
Word count: 135
And the sun undertook its long ride Circling the earth, And the little stars said: we shall come with you Around the earth; And the sun scolded them: you are staying home, For I would burn out your little golden eyes On my fiery ride circling the earth. And the little stars went to the dear moon In the night, And they said: you, who sits enthroned upon clouds In the night, Let us travel with you, for your gentle shining Would never burn out our little eyes, And he took them along, comrades of the night. Welcome now, little stars and dear moon, In the night! You understand that which lives silently in my heart In the night. Come and set the heavenly lights aglow, So that I may rhapsodize and play along In the amiable games of the night.
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View text with all available footnotesTranslations of titles:
"Ballade" = "Ballad"
"Die Sterne der Nacht" = "The stars of the night"
"Die Sternlein" = "The little stars"
"Lied von den Sternlein" = "Song about the little stars"
"Sonne, Mond und Sterne" = "Sun, moon, and stars"
"Und die Sonne machte den weiten Ritt " = "And the sun undertook its long ride"
"Vom Mond und den Sternlein" = "About the moon and the little stars"
"Zur Nacht" = "At night"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769 - 1860), "Ballade", written 1809, first published 1818
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This text was added to the website: 2021-07-11
Line count: 21
Word count: 147