by
Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
O mein Stern!
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O mein Stern!
Nah und fern
War mir mancher holde Strahl erschienen;
Doch ich fand
Unbestand,
Und die Treu' allein in deinen Mienen.
O mein Stern,
Den ich gern
Lass' in meines Herzens Tiefe schauen!
Dir allein
Meine Pein,
Dir allein will ich mein Weh vertrauen.
O mein Stern!
Zu dem Herrn
Fleh' ich, der mir diesen Strahl beschieden,
Daß er mich
Sanft durch dich
Führ' aus meinem Kampf zu seinem Frieden.
...
O mein Stern
Der sich gern
Her zum Aufruhr meiner Seele neiget,
Eine Bahn
Diesem Kahn
Durch die Nacht und durch die Klippen zeiget!
O mein Stern,
Soll ich fern
Deinen sänftigenden Strahlen schreiten?
Doch verspricht
Mir dein Licht,
Mich auf allen Pfaden zu begleiten.
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Word count: 138
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
O my star!
Near and far
Many of your lovely beams have appeared to me;
Yet I only found
Impermanence,
And, solely in your appearance, Truth.
O my star,
Who I gladly
Allowed look into the depths of my heart!
You alone,
My pain,
To you alone will I trust my torment.
O my star!
To the Lord,
Who granted me this beam, I pray,
That gently, through you,
He might lead me
Out of my struggles to your peace.
...
O my star
Which willingly
Bends toward my disquieted soul,
A guiding pathway
For this boat
Through the night and the shoals!
O my star,
Must I journey far
From your soothing beams?
Yet that light
Promises me
To accompany me on every byway.
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