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by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)

Die Sterne überm Tale stehn
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Die Sterne überm Tale stehn,
Das Mühlrad nur man höret,
Zum kranken Müller muß ich gehn,
Er hat den Freund begehret.

Ich steig' hinab den Felsenstein,
Es donnert dumpf die Mühle,
Und eine Glocke tönt darein:
"Die Arbeit ist am Ziele!"

In Müllers Kammer tret' ich nun:
Starr liegt das Greisen Hülle. 
Es stockt sein Herz, die Pulse ruhn,
Und draußen auch wird's stille.

Die treuen Lieben weinen sehr,
Still bleibt sein Herz und kühle;
Die Wasser fließen wohl daher,
Still aber steht die Mühle.

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Confirmed with Kerners Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 28.


Text Authorship:

  • by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Der tote Müller", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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