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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
Translation © by Michael P Rosewall
O mein Stern!
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
O mein Stern! Nah und fern War mir mancher holde Strahl erschienen; Doch ich fand Unbestand, Und die Treu' allein in deinen Mienen. O mein Stern, Den ich gern Lass' in meines Herzens Tiefe schauen! Dir allein Meine Pein, Dir allein will ich mein Weh vertrauen. O mein Stern! Zu dem Herrn Fleh' ich, der mir diesen Strahl beschieden, Daß er mich Sanft durch dich Führ' aus meinem Kampf zu [deinem]1 Frieden. O mein Stern, Der vom Herrn Mir an des Gemüthes Himmelsbogen Ward gesetzt, Ungenetzt Von dem Gischte sturmbewegter Wogen! O mein Stern Der sich gern Her zum Aufruhr meiner Seele neiget, Eine Bahn Diesem Kahn Durch die Nacht und durch die Klippen zeiget! O mein Stern, Soll ich fern [Deinem]2 sänftigenden Strahlen schreiten? Doch verspricht Mir dein Licht, Mich auf allen Pfaden zu begleiten.
C. Grädener sets stanza 2
H. Schnaubelt sets stanzas 1-3, 5-6
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View text without footnotes1 Schnaubelt: "seinem"
2 Schnaubelt: "Deinen"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 1. Erster Strauß. Erwacht, no. 18 [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 Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "O mein Stern", op. 37 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 2, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich (1803 - 1836), "O mein Stern", op. 12 no. 6, published 1836, from Persische Lieder von Fr. Rückert, no. 6, Berlin, Bethge [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Georg Peter Grädener (1812 - 1883), "O mein Stern, den ich gern", op. 65 no. 6, published 1878, stanza 2 [ medium voice and piano ], from Jugendträume. Sieben Lieder von Rückert für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 6, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "O mein Stern!", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder von F. Rückert) no. 5, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Peters [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch (1806 - 1872), "O mein Stern", published 1838 [ voice and piano ], from Gedichte von Fr. Rückert, Erstes Heft, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "O mein Stern", op. 18 no. 3, published 1841, from 6 Lieder von Fr. Rückert, no. 3, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "O mein Stern", op. 36 no. 8, published 1844 [ alto or baritone and piano with optional cello ], from 12 Gedichte von Fr. Rückert für eine Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung und obliggato Violoncell (auch mit Pianofortebegleitung allein), no. 8, München, Falter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "O mein Stern, den ich gern", op. 7 no. 4, published 1840, from 6 Lieder aus Fr. Rückert's Liebes-Frühling, no. 4, Darmstadt, Pabst [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Siegfried Meinardus (1827 - 1896), "O mein Stern", op. 8 no. 2, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], from Liebesfrühling. Liederkranz von F. Rückert, no. 2, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst (Friedrich Karl) Rudorff (1840 - 1916), "O mein Stern", op. 33 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Schnaubelt (1814 - 1871), "O mein Stern!", op. 42 no. 3, published 1871, stanzas 1-3,5-6 [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Lieder-Album für Männergesang, no. 3, Regensburg, Georg Joseph Manz [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Friedrich) Wilhelm Tschirch (b. 1818), "O mein Stern", op. 32 (5 Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor)) no. 5, published 1853 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2009-02-23
Line count: 36
Word count: 138
O my star!
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
O my star! Near and far Many of your lovely beams have appeared to me; Yet I only found Impermanence, And, solely in your appearance, Truth. O my star, Who I gladly Allowed look into the depths of my heart! You alone, My pain, To you alone will I trust my torment. O my star! To the Lord, Who granted me this beam, I pray, That gently, through you, He might lead me Out of my struggles to [your] peace. O my star, Which the Lord Has placed, Upon the firmament of my soul, Undampened By the spray of storm-tossed waves! O my star Which willingly Bends toward my disquieted soul, A guiding pathway For this boat Through the night and the shoals! O my star, Must I journey far From [your] soothing beams? Yet that light Promises me To accompany me on every byway.
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Translations of titles:
"O mein Stern" = "O My Star"
"O mein Stern, den ich gern" = "O my star, which I gladly"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2026 by Michael P Rosewall, (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 Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 1. Erster Strauß. Erwacht, no. 18
This text was added to the website: 2026-08-03
Line count: 36
Word count: 145