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Die ihr den Äther mit seligen Schwingen durchschneidet, Segnende Hände über uns Irrende breitet, Die ihr den Seelen, die weinend ins Dunkel gesunken, Leuchtet mit Augen, die ewige Sonne getrunken -- Gütige Sterne, wie oft, aus [den]1 Schatten der Erde, Blick ich auf euch, daß Frieden und Licht in mir werde!
Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, Fünfte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, page 249.
1 Reger: "dem"Text Authorship:
- by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Sterne", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 8. Über den Stürmen, no. 1 [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 Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Sterne", op. 55 (Fünfzehn Lieder) no. 7 (1901) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Estrelles", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "群星", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Stars", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Étoiles", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-07-09
Line count: 6
Word count: 51
Ye who cut through the aether with holy pinions, Who over us erring ones spread your hands in blessing, Who shine upon souls who have sunk, weeping, into darkness, [Shine] with eyes that have drunk from the eternal sun -- Benevolent stars, how often from out of the [shadows]1 of earth Do I look up to you so that I may attain inner peace and light!
1 Reger: "shadow"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Sterne", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 8. Über den Stürmen, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2024-01-16
Line count: 6
Word count: 66