by
Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890)
Siehst du den Stern im fernsten Blau
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG FRE
Siehst du den Stern im fernsten Blau,
Der zitternd fast erbleicht?
Sein Licht braucht eine Ewigkeit,
Bis es dein Aug' erreicht!
Vielleicht vor tausend Jahren schon
Zu Asche stob der Stern,
Und doch sehn seinen lieblichen Schein
Wir dort noch still und fern.
Dem Wesen solchen Scheines gleicht,
Der ist und doch nicht ist,
O Lieb', dein anmutvolles Sein,
Wenn du gestorben bist!
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Confirmed with Sämtliche Werke von Gottfried Keller: Romane + Erzählungen + Gedichte + Essays + Tagebücher + Briefe, Musaica Books, 2017.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Siegmund von Hausegger (1872 - 1948), "Siehst du den Stern", published <<1905 [ medium voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 1, Leipzig, C. F. Kahnt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Siehst du den Stern", op. 94 no. 2 (2003) [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Gottfried Keller, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Siehst du den Stern", op. 55 no. 3 (1941-3) [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Unter Sternen: Lieder und Gesänge nach Gedichten von Gottfried Keller, no. 3, Wien: Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Siehst du den Stern", op. 11 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 2, published 1888 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Vois-tu l'étoile", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 12
Word count: 65
Do you see the star in the most distant...
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Do you see the star in the most distant blue,
that, trembling, nearly fades out?
Its light takes an eternity,
before it reaches your eyes!
Perhaps already a thousand years ago
the star sparkled and turned to ash,
and yet we see its gentle light
there still, calm and distant.
The nature of such light,
which is and is no more,
resembles, o Love, your gracious being,
after you will have died!
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