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by Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Enslin (1819 - 1875)

Der Abendstern
 (Sung text for setting by C. Loewe)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Bist ja noch ganz allein!
Wollen die andern
Sterne und Sternelein
nicht mit dir wandern?

Himmelstor öffnet sich:
Einer zum Andern
kommt schon und suchet dich,
mit dir zu wandern.

Gott lässt dich nicht allein,
schickt schon bei Zeiten
all' seine Sternelein,
dich zu begleiten.

Composition:

    Set to music by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Der Abendstern", 1850, from Kinderlieder: Morgen-, Abend- und Nachtlieder, no. 4

Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Enslin (1819 - 1875), "An den Abendstern", appears in [Lebensfrühling.] Gedichte für die Jugend

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

  • ENG English (John H. Campbell) (W. Kommer) , "The evening star", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 45

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