Evening star | Why do you linger alone in the sky

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by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Abendstern

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Was weilst du einsam an dem Himmel,
O [schöner]¹ 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]²,
Bist du der Liebe, zaudre nicht!
Wer möchte denn dir widerstehen?
Du süßes eigensinnig [Licht]³.
"Ich säe, schaue keinen Keim,
Und bleibe trauernd still daheim."

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• A. Zemlinsky

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

¹ Zemlinsky: "lieber"
² Zemlinsky: "gehn"
³ Zemlinsky: "Ding"

Text 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):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "L’estel del capvespre", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Avondster", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Evening star", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'étoile du soir", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Pupillo) (Claretta Manara) , "Stella della sera", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 73

Evening star

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 Why do you linger alone in the sky,
 o beautiful star? and you are so mild;
 why does the sparkling crowd
 of your brothers shun your sight?
 "I am the star of true love,
 and they keep far away from Love."

 So you should go to them,
 if you are love; do not delay!
 Who could then withstand you,
 you sweet but stubborn light?
 "I sow, but see no shoot,
 and so I remain here, mournful and still."

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Abendstern"
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 79