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Ihr Sternlein, still in der Höhe, Ihr Sternlein, spielend im Meer, Wenn ich von ferne daher So freundlich euch leuchten sehe, So wird mir von Wohl und Wehe [Mein]1 Busen so bang und so schwer. Es zittert von Frühlingswinden Der Himmel im flüssigen Grün; Manch Sternlein sah ich entblühn, Manch Sternlein sah ich entschwinden; Doch kann ich das schönste nicht finden, Das früher dem Liebenden schien. Nicht kann ich zum Himmel mich schwingen, Zu suchen den freundlichen Stern; Stets hält ihn die Wolke mir fern! Tief unten da möcht' es gelingen, Das friedliche Ziel zu erringen! Tief unten da ruht' ich so gern! Was wiegt ihr im laulichen Spiele, Ihr Lüftchen, den [schwankenden]2 Kahn? O treibt ihn auf [rauherer]3 Bahn Hernieder in's Wogengewühle! Laßt tief in der wallenden Kühle Dem lieblichen Sterne mich nahn!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Ernst Schulze's sämmtliche poetische Schriften. Dritter Band. I. Poetisches Tagebuch. [...] Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1819, page 63; and with Sämmtliche poetische Werke von Ernst Schulze. Neue Ausgabe mit sechszehn Kupfern. Dritter Theil. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1822, page 64.
1 Schubert: "Der"2 Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "wogenden"
3 Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "rauhere"
Text Authorship:
- by Ernst Konrad Friedrich Schulze (1789 - 1817), "Am 28sten April 1814", written 1814, appears in Poetisches Tagebuch, vom 29ten Junius 1813 bis 17ten Februar 1817, first published 1819 [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der liebliche Stern", D 861 (1825), published 1832 [ voice, piano ], A. Diabelli & Co., VN 4013, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De lieflijke ster", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Gordon) , "The lovely star", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les étoiles adorables", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Antonio Zencovich) , "La stella adorata", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 134
Tiny stars, so silent in the heavens, Tiny stars, playing upon the sea, When I from afar See you sparkling so delightfully Then, for better or worse, My heart grows troubled and heavy. The sky trembles in the spring air Above the watered meadows; I saw many a star blossom, I saw many a star vanish. But I cannot find the fairest, That once shone for this lover. I cannot soar to the heavens To seek that friendly star. Clouds always hide it from me. Deep below, there might I succeed In reaching the peaceful refuges; Deep below I gladly would find rest. Why, in gentle play Do you lull the boat, breezes? Propel it along a rougher course Down into the whirlpool! Deep in the cool, turbulent water Let me approach that lovely star.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ernst Konrad Friedrich Schulze (1789 - 1817), "Am 28sten April 1814", written 1814, appears in Poetisches Tagebuch, vom 29ten Junius 1813 bis 17ten Februar 1817, first published 1819
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 135