Slowly the stars vanish for me

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Langsam weichen mir die Sterne

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Langsam weichen mir die Sterne,
Langsam naht die Morgenstunde:
Blicke mit dem Rosenmunde
Mich, Aurora, freundlich an.

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Confirmed with Goethes Werke. Auswahl in zwölf Bänden, Dritter Band, Stuttgart: Verlag der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1874, page 388.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Claudine von Villa Bella [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by Walter von Goethe (1818 - 1885), "Lied des Pedro aus Claudine" [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Slowly the stars vanish for me

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Slowly the stars vanish for me,
Slowly the morning hour nears:
With your rosy lips, Aurora,
Gaze upon me amiably.

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Translations of titles:
"Lied des Pedro aus Claudine" = "Pedro's song from Claudine"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Claudine von Villa Bella
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This text was added to the website: 2025-12-16
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Word count: 20