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by (Borromäus Sebastian Georg) Karl Reginald Herloß (1804 - 1849)

Wär' ich ein Stern
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wär' ich ein Stern,
Ich würde [voll]1 Sehnsucht und heißem Entzücken
Immer nach Dir, meiner Sonne, blicken,
Bis ich in Deinem Gluthenmeer
Untergegangen, versunken wär'! 

Wär' ich die Rose,
Ich streute dir duftige Blätter zu Füßen,
Würde Dir Wangen und Stirne küßen,
Schlösse Dein Bildniß, für ewig mein,
Tief in den Kelch, in die Seele ein!  

Wär' ich die Nacht,
Ich würde mit Schleiern die Welt umwinden,
Kein sehendes Auge sollte Dich finden,
Nur meine Seele sehend allein
Schwelgte berauscht in Deines Glanzes Schein!

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Confirmed with Karl Reginald Herloß, Wallensteins erste Liebe: Historisch-romantisches Gemälde, zweiter Band, Hannover: C. F. Kius, 1844, page 31.

1 Kempter: "mit"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

  • by (Borromäus Sebastian Georg) Karl Reginald Herloß (1804 - 1849), no title, appears in Wallensteins erste Liebe: Historisch-romantisches Gemälde [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Walperga's Lied", op. 71 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor oder Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1850 [ soprano or tenor or alto and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Lothar Kempter (1844 - 1918), "Wär' ich ein Stern", published 187-? [ voice and piano or orchestra ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen [sung text not yet checked]
  • by František Škroup (1801 - 1862), "Lied aus dem historisch-romantischen Gemälde: 'Wallenstein's erste Liebe'", published 1859 [ voice and piano ], Prag: Carl Bellmann's Verlag, in Musikalisches Album der "Erinnerungen", album no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2017-10-14
Line count: 15
Word count: 85

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