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Blicket in des Äthers blaue Fernen, Seht, aus tausend Myriaden Sternen Lächeln einzig zwei, die sich zusammen Ewig voller Lieb' und Lust umflammen. Als die Teufel in verruchten Stunden Ihren Heiland an das Kreuz gebunden Und der menschlich ausrief im Erblassen: Vater! Vater! hast du mich verlassen? Blicket Vater von dem Glanz des Thrones, Sieht die Wunden des geliebten Sohnes, Wie er stirbt den Tod, den schmerzensvollen, Tränen da dem Gottesaug' entrollen. Und es blitzen zwei in üpp' ger Fülle Durch die Himmel, halten mitten stille, Und verwandeln sich zu lichten Sonnen, Christen leben drauf in ew'gen Wonnen.
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Confirmed with Kerners Werke, Erster Teil, Das Bilderbuch aus meiner Knabenzeit, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 162.
Text Authorship:
- by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Die Zwillingsterne", appears in Das Bilderbuch aus meiner Knabenzeit, in Gedichte aus dem Knabenalter [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- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Die Zwillingssterne", 1986 [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The twin stars", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-24
Line count: 16
Word count: 98
Gaze into the far blue reaches of the Aether, See, from among a thousand myriads of stars Only two smile, two that circle each other In eternal flames full of love and joy. When the devils in an evil hour Had bound their Saviour onto the cross And He humanly called out in dying: Father! Father! hast Thou forsaken me? The Father looks down from the glory of His throne, Seeing the wounds of His beloved Son, [And] how He dies a painful death, Tears well forth from the eyes of God. And two of them flash in opulent fullness Through the heavens, stopping in the middle, And transform themselves into bright suns, Christians live upon [these suns] in eternal joy.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Die Zwillingsterne", appears in Das Bilderbuch aus meiner Knabenzeit, in Gedichte aus dem Knabenalter
This text was added to the website: 2013-10-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 121