by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
Die Himmelsthräne Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch)
Der Himmel hat eine Thräne geweint, Die hat sich in's Meer zu verlieren gemeint. Die Muschel kam und schloß sie ein: Du sollst nun meine Perle sein. Du sollst nicht vor den Wogen zagen, Ich will hindurch dich ruhig tragen. O du mein Schmerz, du meine Lust, Du Himmelsthrän' in meiner Brust! Gieb, Himmel, daß ich in reinem Gemüthe Den reinsten deiner Tropfen hüte.
Note: modern German spelling would use "Träne" instead of "Thräne", "Gib" instead of "Gieb", and "Gemüte" instead of "Gemüthe".
Composition:
- Set to music by Julius Stern (1820 - 1883), "Die Himmelsthräne", op. 22 no. 4, published 1845 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gedichte von Rückert, Eichendorff und Arndt für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 4, Berlin: bei Ed. Bote & G. Bock
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 1. Erster Strauß. Erwacht, no. 4
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De hemel had eens een traantje geschreid", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le ciel a versé une larme", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il cielo ha versato una lacrima", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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