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

Die Zwillingssterne
 (Sung text for setting by C. Schneider)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Blicket in des Äthers blaue Fernen,
Seht, aus tausend Myriaden Sternen
Lächeln einzig zwei, die sich zusammen
Ewig voller Lieb' und Lust umflammen.
Als die Teufel in verruchten Stunden
Ihren Heiland an das Kreuz gebunden
Und der menschlich ausrief im Erblassen:
Vater! Vater! hast du mich verlassen?
Blicket Vater von dem Glanz des Thrones,
Sieht die Wunden des geliebten Sohnes,
Wie er stirbt den Tod, den schmerzensvollen,
Tränen da dem Gottesaug' entrollen.
Und es blitzen zwei in üpp' ger Fülle
Durch die Himmel, halten mitten stille,
Und verwandeln sich zu lichten Sonnen,
Christen leben drauf in ew'gen Wonnen.
Confirmed with Kerners Werke, Erster Teil, Das Bilderbuch aus meiner Knabenzeit, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 162.

Composition:

    Set to music by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Die Zwillingssterne", 1986 [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], unpublished

Text Authorship:

  • by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Die Zwillingsterne", appears in Das Bilderbuch aus meiner Knabenzeit, in Gedichte aus dem Knabenalter

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The twin stars", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-06-24
Line count: 16
Word count: 98

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