by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904)
Ein schöner Stern geht auf in meiner...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ein schöner Stern geht auf in meiner Nacht, Ein Stern, der süßen Trost herniederlacht Und neues Leben mir verspricht -- O, lüge nicht! Gleichwie das Meer dem Mond entgegenschwillt, So flutet meine Seele, froh und wild, Empor zu deinem holden Licht -- O, lüge nicht!
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Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 288.
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Katharina, no. 1
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , appears in The Poems of Heine Complete, first published 1861
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 43
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
A star dawns beauteous in my gloomy night, A star that sheds sweet comfort for it's sic light, Promising me new life and joy,-- Oh, Love, be true! Like as the ocean to the moon swells free, So mounts my soul, daring and glad to thee,-- To thee, and to thy light of joy,-- Oh, Love, be true!
Composition:
- Set to music by Frances Allitsen (1848 - 1912), "Katherine", published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Album of Eight Songs [later reissued as Eight Songs from Poems by Heine], no. 8, London, R. Cocks, also set in German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904), "Katherine", subtitle: "Ein schöner Stem geht auf in meiner Nacht", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 209, first published 1887
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Katharina, no. 1
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Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2012-10-17
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Word count: 57