by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)
Sterne
Language: German (Deutsch)
Die ihr den Äther mit seligen Schwingen durchschneidet, Segnende Hände über uns Irrende breitet, Die ihr den Seelen, die weinend ins Dunkel gesunken, Leuchtet mit Augen, die ewige Sonne getrunken -- Gütige Sterne, wie oft, aus [den]1 Schatten der Erde, Blick ich auf euch, daß Frieden und Licht in mir werde!
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Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, Fünfte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, page 249.
1 Reger: "dem"Authorship:
- by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Sterne", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 8. Über den Stürmen, no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Sterne", op. 55 (Fünfzehn Lieder) no. 7 (1901) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Estrelles", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "群星", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Stars", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Étoiles", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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