When the stars are shining | See, now it has grown dark

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Sieh, nun ist es dunkel 'worden

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Sieh, nun ist es dunkel 'worden,
Alles schläft in weiter Welt,
Nur die Sterne wallen leise
Ihren Weg am Himmelszelt.

Und der leuchtendste von allen,
Jener dort im weißen Kleid,
Schaut mit seinen heil'gen Augen
Still in uns're Einsamkeit.

Sanfter nun die Herzen schlagen,
Auf der Lippe schläft das Wort,
Und die Seelen wandern heimlich,
Hand in Hand zum Himmel fort.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Anna Ritter, Leipzig: Verlag von A.G. Liebeskind, 1898, page 17.

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Wenn die Sterne scheinen", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 9 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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When the stars are shining

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

See, now it has grown dark,
Everything in the wide world is sleeping,
Only the stars quietly pursue
Their course upon the canopy of heaven.

And the most radiant one of all,
That one there in the white garb,
Silently gazes with its holy eyes
Into our solitude.

More gently now our hearts beat,
The words are asleep upon our lips,
And, hand in hand, our souls wander
Secretly onward to Heaven.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Wenn die Sterne scheinen", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 9
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This text was added to the website: 2018-03-16
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Word count: 73