Sieh, wie wir zu den Sternen aufsteigen!
Unsern glückstrahlenden Augen
leuchtet der Schnee der Gebirge,
bald blitzt dort unten die Sonne durch.
O! schon röten sich
Tiefen und Höhen;
durch den Rauch unsrer Atemzüge,
bis über das fernste Fünkchen dort oben
fern hinauf
schimmert die Nacht deiner Geburt,
glänzt der Tag unsrer Himmelfahrt.

Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Gesammelte Werke in drei Bänden, Zweiter Band, Berlin: S. Fischer, 1913, pages 67-68.

Text Authorship:

• by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Hoch in der Frühe", appears in Weib und Welt [author's text checked 1 time 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 Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882 - 1937), "Hoch in der Frühe", op. 17 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 1 (1907), also set in Polish (Polski) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Stanisław Barącz (1864 - 1936) ; composed by Karol Maciej Szymanowski.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "High up in the early morning", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Haut le matin", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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