by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation Singable translation by Fitz William Rosier (1802 - c1882)

An den Abendstern
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Breite dein Licht, du Leuchte der Nacht,
freundlicher Bote der Ruh'!
Bleiche der Sterne, jubelnde Pracht,
zieh' deiner Heimat nur zu!
Ach, du findest nicht Heimat und Ruh',
ewig, ewig wanderst du!

Auch dieses Herz findet nimmer die Ruh',
auch diese Rosen vergeh'n,
aber nicht wieder, nicht ewig wie du,
werden sie morgen ersteh'n.
Ach, die Blüten, die Stürme verweh'n,
jenseits, jenseits wieder ersteh'm

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  • ENG English [singable] (Fitz William Rosier) , "Lamp of the night"


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Lamp of the night
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Lamp of the night, extend thy soft ray,
harbinger friendly of rest!
Under thy canopy stars fade away,
when thou appear'st in the west.
Ah! thou findest nor country nor home,
onwards, onwards dost thou roam.

Peace my poor heart will revisit no more,
faded and wither'd away;
like these dead roses, its spring time is o'er,
clouded and dull its bright day.
Ah! my heart with its woe and its pain
never, never can peace regain.

From the Lenz score.


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