Così le stelle percorrono | Così le stelle percorrono il loro cammino

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Gianni Franceschi

So ziehen Sterne ihre Bahn

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE ITA

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So ziehen Sterne ihre Bahn,
Unwandelbar und unverstanden!
Wir winden uns in hundert Banden,
Du steigst von Glanz zu Glanz hinan.

Dein Leben ist ein einzig Licht!
Ich muß aus meinen Dunkelheiten
Sehnsüchtige Arme nach dir breiten,
Du lächelst und verstehst mich nicht.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• C. Schneider • G. Wiemer • F. Zintl

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Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "So ziehen Sterne --", written 1898, appears in Maria, no. 2 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "So ziehen Sterne ihre Bahn", 1980? [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Gerhard Wiemer (b. 1902), "So ziehen Sterne ihre Bahn", 1952 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "So ziehen Sterne ", op. 8 no. 2 (1950) [ baritone and piano ], from Maria - Liederzyklus für Bariton, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Gianni Franceschi) , "Così le stelle percorrono", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-01
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Word count: 43

Così le stelle percorrono

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

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Così le stelle percorrono il loro cammino,
Immutabili e incomprese!
Noi ci attorcigliamo in centinaia di lacci,
Tu ti innalzi di splendore in splendore.

La tua vita è un'unica luce!
Dalle mie oscurità io devo
Spalancare le braccia verso di te;
Tu sorridi e non mi capisci.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2014 by Gianni Franceschi, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "So ziehen Sterne --", written 1898, appears in Maria, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2014-02-17
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Word count: 47