To the evening star | Evening star, the day grows pale

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by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

An den Abendstern

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Abendstern, der Tag verblaßt,
  Tritt hervor ins Blau,
Daß ich über meiner Last
  Die Verheißung schau.

Bote, brüderlich gesandt,
  Sterne Ingesind,
Der den Drein aus Morgenland
  Krippe wies und Kind.

Über meinem armen Zelt
  Halt ein Weilchen Rast,
Sei der immer dunklern Welt
  Immer lichtrer Gast.

Wächter, walte deiner Pflicht,
  Es ist Schlafenszeit;
Sammle vor dein Angesicht,
  Was der Tag entzweit.

Den, der jetzt noch wandern müßt,
  Mach des Wegs gewiß,
Wenn sein Aug das deine grüßt
  Durch die Finsternis.

Confirmed with Rudolf Alexander Schröder, Gesammelte Werke in Fünf Bänden, Erster Band, Die Gedichte, Berlin und Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1952, pages 711-712.

Text Authorship:

by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962), "An den Abendstern", written 1921-22, appears in Gedichte, in Die Geistlichen Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch: Mitte des Lebens, in Der Pilgrim [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 Egon Joseph Wellesz (1885 - 1974), "An den Abendstern", op. 48 (Zwei Gesänge) no. 2 (1932) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To the evening star", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-07
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To the evening star

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Evening star, the day grows pale,
  Step forth into the blue,
So that despite my burden
  I may see the prophecy.

Messenger, sent as a brother,
  Servant of the stars,
That once to the three from the East,
  Showed the way to the manger and the child.

Tarry for a while
  Above my poor tent,
To this dark world be
  An ever brighter guest.

Watchman, do your duty,
  It is time to sleep;
Gather before your face
  That which the day has sundered.

Make him who should still wander yet
  Sure of his pathway,
When his eye greets yours
  Through the darkness.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962), "An den Abendstern", written 1921-22, appears in Gedichte, in Die Geistlichen Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch: Mitte des Lebens, in Der Pilgrim
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-23
Line count: 20
Word count: 102