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by (Karl) Theodor Körner (1791 - 1813)

Es blinken drey freundliche Sterne
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es blinken drey freundliche Sterne 
ins Dunkel des Lebens herein,
die Sterne, die funkeln so traulich,
sie heißen Lied, Liebe und Wein.

Es lebt in der Stimme des Liedes
ein treues mitfühlendes Herz,
Im Liede verjüngt sich die Freude,
im Liede verweht sich der Schmerz.

Der Wein ist [der]1 Stimme des Liedes 
zum freudigen [Wunder]2 gesellt,
und mahlt sich mit glühenden Strahlen 
zum ewigen Frühling [die]3 Welt.

Doch schimmert mit freudigem Winken
der dritte [Stern erst]4 herein,
dann klingt's in der Seele wie Lieder,
dann glüht es im Herzen wie Wein.

Drum blickt denn, ihr herzigen Sterne,
in unsre Brust auch herein,
es begleite durch Leben und Sterben 
uns Lied und Liebe und Wein.

Und Wein und Lieder und Liebe,
sie schmücken die festliche Nacht,
Drum leb', wer das Küssen und Lieben
und Trinken und Singen erdacht.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Eisenhofer 

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Confirmed with Theodor Körners Werke in vollständigster Sammlung, 1. Teil, ed. by Adolf Wolf, Berlin, 1858. First published in Theodor Körners poetischer Nachlaß, Leipzig, 1815.

Note provided by Johann Winkler: the first three deviations by Eisenhofer indicated below make little sense and may be due to the composer's or (more likely) the copyist's lack of understanding of the somewhat difficult text. Körner's text means "Wine is given to the song's voice as companion, so that the two together form a joyful wonder, and so paints the world to eternal spring" Eisenhofer's means, if anything at all: "The wine is the song's voice, given as companion to the joyful wanderer, painting itself to the world's eternal spring".

1 Eisenhofer: "die"
2 Eisenhofer: "Wand'rer"
3 Eisenhofer: "der"
4 Eisenhofer: "der Sterne"

Text Authorship:

  • by (Karl) Theodor Körner (1791 - 1813), "Die drei Sterne", first published 1815 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Julius Becker (1811 - 1859), "Die drei Sterne", op. 39 no. 1, published 1846 [ vocal duet for male voice and female voice with piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Diebold (1842 - 1929), "Die drei Sterne", op. 32 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 3, published 1890 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Xaver Eisenhofer (1783 - 1855), "Die drei Sterne", op. 11 no. 1 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], from Gesellschaftliche Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Georg Gerson (1790 - 1825), "Die drey Sterne", G. 153 (1819) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2014-04-20
Line count: 24
Word count: 141

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