Abendstern | Was weilst du einsam an dem Himmel

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Abendstern

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Was weilst du einsam an dem Himmel,
O schöner Stern? und bist so mild;
Warum entfernt das funkelnde Gewimmel
Der Brüder sich von deinem Bild?
"Ich bin der Liebe treuer Stern,
Sie halten sich von Liebe fern."
 
So solltest du zu ihnen gehen,
Bist du der Liebe, zaudre nicht!
Wer möchte denn dir widerstehen?
Du süßes eigensinnig Licht.
"Ich säe, schaue keinen Keim,
Und bleibe trauernd still daheim."

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, page 96.

Authorship:

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Abendstern" [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Abendstern", D 806 (1824), published 1833 [ voice, piano ], A. Diabelli & Co., VN 4270, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Abendstern", from Drei Lieder um 1890, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Pupillo) (Claretta Manara) , "Stella della sera", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this text: Richard Morris , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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