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Selig ist ein Sternlein drüben, Das dem Mond zur Seite geht; Wol ein Engel mag es lieben, Der in seinen Diensten steht. Traurig ist's zu sein geboren Freudenlos und ohne Glück, Von den Menschen nicht erkoren, Und verstoßen vom Geschick. O du Schicksal ohne Liebe, Wessen Hand ist's, die mich hält? Nicht geliebt von keiner Liebe, Als vom Unglück in der Welt.
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This text was added to the website: 2009-08-28
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Blissful is a little star yonder Who walks at the side of the moon; An angel might well love it, An angel who is in its service. It is sad to have been born Joyless and without good fortune Not chosen by humankind, And rejected by fate. Oh you loveless fate, Whose hand is it that holds me? Not loved by any love Other than by the misfortune in the world.
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