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by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890)
Translation © by Benoît Rivillon, Jasmine Rivillon

Aber ein kleiner goldener Stern
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Chosen for Diff
Aber ein kleiner goldener Stern
Sang und klang mir in die Ohren:
"Tröste dich nur, dein Lied ist fern,
Fern bei uns und nicht verloren!

"Findest du nicht oft einen Klang,
Wie zu früh herüber geklungen?
Also hat sich heut dein Sang
Heimlich zu uns hinüber geschwungen!

"Dort, im donnernden Weltgesang,
Wirst du ein leises Lied erkennen,
Das dir, wie fernster Glockenklang,
Diesen Sommertag wird nennen.

"Denn die Ewigkeit ist nur
Hin und her ein tönendes Weben;
Vorwärts, rückwärts wird die Spur
Deiner Schritte klingend erbeben,

"Deiner Schritte durch das All,
Bis, wie eine singende Schlange,
Einst dein Leben den vollen Schall
Findet im Zusammenhange."

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   O. Schoeck 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), no title, appears in Neuere Gedichte, in Vermischte Gedichte, in Ein Tagewerk, no. 2 [author's text not yet checked 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 Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Ein Tagewerk II", op. 55 no. 25 (1941-3) [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Unter Sternen: Lieder und Gesänge nach Gedichten von Gottfried Keller, no. 25, Wien: Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Benoît Rivillon) (Jasmine Rivillon) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 105

Mais une petite étoile dorée
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Chosen for Diff
Mais une petite étoile dorée
résonna et chanta à mon oreille :
"Sois serein, ton chant est encore lointain,
Loin d’ici mais pas perdu !

Ne trouves-tu aucun accord
Qui souvent trop tôt résonne ?
Aussi aujourd’hui ton chant
En secret s’envola vers nous !

Là, dans la rumeur du monde,
Une douce mélodie tu reconnaîtras
Qui, pour toi, lointain bourdon,
Signera ce jour d’été.

Car l’éternité n’est
ici et là qu’un maillage sonore
De ci, de là, la trace
hésitante de tes pas résonnera,

De tes pas, à travers le Tout,
Jusqu’à ce que, tel un Serpent enchanteur,
Un jour ta vie trouve sa pleine mesure
immergée dans l’Univers"

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Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2026 by Benoît Rivillon and Jasmine Rivillon, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), no title, appears in Neuere Gedichte, in Vermischte Gedichte, in Ein Tagewerk, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-31
Line count: 20
Word count: 106

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