Ach, unsre leuchtenden Tage
Glänzen wie ewige Sterne.
Als Trost für künftige Klage
Glüh'n sie aus goldener Ferne.
Nicht weinen,weil sie vorüber!
Lächeln, weil sie gewesen!
Und werden die Tage auch trüber,
Unsere Sterne erlösen!
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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 Eugen (Francis Charles) d'Albert (1864 - 1932), "Leuchtende Tage", op. 18 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Adolph Fürstner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Leuchtende Tage", op. 52 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1903 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: C.A. Challier & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max Höhne ( flourished c1900 ), "Leuchtende Tage", published 1908 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Gesänge, no. 3, Leipzig: Edmund Stoll [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Leuchtende Tage", op. 48 (Drei Lieder mit Harmonium) no. 3 (1906), published 1907 [ voice and harmonium ], Leipzig, Brüssel, London, New York: Breifkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Leuchtende Tage", 1902, published 1912 [ medium voice and piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, II. Folge, Nr.11 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Leuchtende Tage", op. 40 (6 Lieder) no. 1 (1931) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher (1881 - 1948), "Leuchtende Tage", op. 12 (Vier Lieder) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Radiant days", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Jakob Kellner , Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 41
Ah, our radiant days
Sparkle like eternal stars.
As a solace for future lamentation
They glow from the golden distance.
Do not weep because they are past!
Smile, because they once were!
And even if the days become drearier,
Our stars shall save us!