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Und die [Sonne machte]1 den weiten [Ritt]2 [Um]3 die Welt, Und die Sternlein sprachen: wir reisen mit [Um]3 die Welt; Und die Sonne sie schalt sie: ihr bleibt zu Haus, Denn ich brenn' euch die goldnen Äuglein aus Bei dem feurigen Ritt um die Welt. Und die Sternlein gingen zum lieben Mond In der Nacht, Und sie sprachen: du, der auf Wolken thront In der Nacht, Laß uns [wandeln]4 mit dir, denn dein milder Schein Er verbrennet uns nimmer die Äugelein. Und er nahm sie, Gesellen der Nacht. Nun willkommen, Sternlein und lieber Mond, In der Nacht! Ihr verstehet, was still in dem Herzen wohnt In der Nacht. Kommt und zündet die himmlischen Lichter an, Daß ich lustig mitschwärmen und [spielen]5 kann In den freundlichen Spielen der Nacht.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Ernst Moritz Arndt, Gedichte, Vollständige Sammlung, Zweite Auflage, Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1865, pages 151-152. A later version of the poem exists titled "Die Sternlein" (first appeared in 1823).
1 Attenhofer, Banck, Böie, Ochs: "Sonne, sie machte"; Blumenthal: "Sonne macht"; Blumner: "Sonne, die machte"; further changes may exist not noted for unchecked scores2 Attenhofer: "Weg"; further changes may exist not noted.
3 Ochs: "Durch"
4 Blumenthal: "wandern"
5 Ochs: "singen"
Text Authorship:
- by Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769 - 1860), "Ballade", written 1809, first published 1818 [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 Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Die Sternlein", op. 17 (Zwölf zwei- und dreistimmigen Kinderlieder) no. 2, published 1876 [ children's chorus a cappella ], Zürich, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Zur Nacht", op. 48 no. 4, from Zwölf Lieder für die Jugend, für Schule und Haus, no. 4, Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques (Jacob) Blumenthal (1829 - 1908), "Sonne, Mond und Sterne" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Martin Blumner (1827 - 1901), "Die Sternlein", op. 13 (Sechs vierstimmige Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 3, published 1862 [ SATB chorus ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Johann Hermann) Heinrich Böie (1825 - 1879), "Die Sternlein", op. 21 no. 1, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder für die Jugend, no. 1, Hamburg, Pohle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Wilhelm Fliegel , "Die Sternlein", op. 6 (Acht Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7, published 1854 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Ballade", op. 165 (Acht Gesänge für S., A., T. und B. ohne Begleitung) no. 3, published 1874 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Ballade", op. 85 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 2, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Siegfried Ochs (1858 - 1929), "Vom Mond und den Sternlein", published 1903 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Im Volkston: moderne Volkslieder komponiert für Die Woche, Druck und Verlag von August Scherl G.m.b.H. Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Joseph) Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882), "Ballade", op. 97 (10 Lieder für Männerchor) no. 6 (1853-63), published 1865 [ men's chorus ], Only one verse is printed, but Raff indicates that 3 verses be sung. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Lied von den Sternlein", op. 32 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1852) [ duet for 2 sopranos with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Und die Sonne machte den weiten Ritt ", op. 101 (Gesänge und Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, 23ste Liedersammlung) no. 6, published 1835 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Die Sternlein ", op. 38 (Drei Chorgesänge für S., A., T. und B.) no. 1, published 1874 [ SATB chorus ], Wien, Schreiber [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Die Sternlein", op. 124 no. 3, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], from Klänge aus der Kinderwelt, Heft VII, no. 3, Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Catharina Van Rennes (1858 - 1940), "Die Sterne der Nacht", op. 13 no. 3, published 1890 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from Im Freien! Acht Duette für Sopran und Alt, no. 3, Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Gwendolen Gore) , "The star's request"
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-11
Line count: 21
Word count: 135
And the [sun undertook]1 its long [ride]2 Circling the earth, And the little stars said: we shall come with you [Around the earth]3; And the sun scolded them: you are staying home, For I would burn out your little golden eyes On my fiery ride circling the earth. And the little stars went to the dear moon In the night, And they said: you, who sits enthroned upon clouds In the night, Let us [travel]4 with you, for your gentle shining Would never burn out our little eyes, And he took them along, comrades of the night. Welcome now, little stars and dear moon, In the night! You understand that which lives silently in my heart In the night. Come and set the heavenly lights aglow, So that I may rhapsodize and [play]5 along In the amiable games of the night.
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"Ballade" = "Ballad"
"Die Sterne der Nacht" = "The stars of the night"
"Die Sternlein" = "The little stars"
"Lied von den Sternlein" = "Song about the little stars"
"Sonne, Mond und Sterne" = "Sun, moon, and stars"
"Und die Sonne machte den weiten Ritt " = "And the sun undertook its long ride"
"Vom Mond und den Sternlein" = "About the moon and the little stars"
"Zur Nacht" = "At night"
2 Attenhofer: "journey"; further changes may exist not noted.
3 Ochs: "Through the world"
4 Blumenthal: "wander"
5 Ochs: "sing"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2021 by Sharon Krebs, (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 Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769 - 1860), "Ballade", written 1809, first published 1818
This text was added to the website: 2021-07-11
Line count: 21
Word count: 147