The stars are already growing pale | The stars are already growing pale

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by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Es bleichen schon die Sterne

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

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Es bleichen schon die Sterne
am Himmel da und dort.
Auf deinen Lippen träumet
ein letztes Liebeswort.

Der Morgen rauscht ans Fenster.
Wir lächeln, ich und du . .
Ich küsse dir die lieben
müden Augen zu.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Sehnen und Suchen, Vierte Auflage, Rostock: C.J.E. Volckmann (Volckman & Wetter), 1905, page 51.

Text Authorship:

by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), no title, appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Im Lande der Liebe, in Aus junger Ehe, no. 3 [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 Rudolph Bergh (1859 - 1924), "Es bleichen schon die Sterne", op. 26 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hansen [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The stars are already growing pale", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-12-29
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Word count: 37

The stars are already growing pale

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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The stars are already growing pale
here and there upon the heavens.
Upon your lips there dreams
a last word of love.

The morning rustles to the window.
We smile, I and you . . 
I kiss your dear
tired eyes shut for you.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), no title, appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Im Lande der Liebe, in Aus junger Ehe, no. 3
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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 44