Les étoiles, avec leurs petits pieds d'or

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Sterne mit den gold'nen Füßchen

(Sung text for setting by H. Wolf)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE ITA

   Sterne mit den goldnen Füßchen,
Wandeln droben bang und sacht,
Daß sie nicht die Erde wecken
Die da schläft im Schoß der Nacht.
 
   Horchend stehn die stummen Wälder,
Jedes Blatt ein grünes Ohr!
Und der Berg, wie träumend streckt er
Seinen Schattenarm hervor.
 
   Doch was rief es? In mein Herze
Dringt der Töne Widerhall.
War es der Geliebten Stimme,
Oder war's die Nachtigall?

Composition:

Hugo Wolf

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 37

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (John Sullivan Dwight) , "Stars with little golden feetlet"
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Louis Untermeyer) , no title, New York : Henry Holt and Company, first published 1917
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Stelle dalle zampette d'oro", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Les étoiles, avec leurs petits pieds...

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Wolf)

See original

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Les étoiles, avec leurs petits pieds d'or
Se promènent là-haut, attentives et soucieuses
De ne pas réveiller la terre
Qui dort dans le sein de la nuit.

Les forêts muettes se tiennent à l'écoute,
Chaque feuille est une oreille verte !
Et rêveuse, la montagne étend
Devant elle l'ombre de son bras.

Mais qui appelle là-bas ? l'écho d'un son
Pénètre dans mon cœur .
Était-ce la voix de ma bien-aimée,
Ou bien juste un rossignol ?

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