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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Die Sprache der Sterne
 (Sung text for setting by J. Kinkel)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Es stehen unbeweglich
die Sterne in ihrer Höh',
viel tausend Jahr, und schauen
sich an mit Liebesweh.

Sie sprechen eine Sprache,
die ist so reich, so schön;
doch keiner der Philologen
kann diese Sprache verstehn.

Ich aber hab sie gelernet,
und ich vergesse sie nicht;
mir diente als Grammatik
der Herzallerliebsten Gesicht.

Composition:

    Set to music by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858), "Die Sprache der Sterne", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1839

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 8

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 8, first published 1827
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POL Polish (Polski) (Aleksander Kraushar) , no title, appears in Pieśni Heinego, in Intermezzo, no. 8, first published 1880


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 52

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