Serenade | How lovely the night with its host of stars!

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wie schön die Nacht mit ihrem...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Wie schön die Nacht mit ihrem Sternenheer!
Komm doch heraus und zähl' einmal die Sterne.
Der Schmerzen, die ich fühle, sind weit mehr,
Sprichst du mit Andern und ich steh' von ferne.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 57.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 119 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Richard Barth (1850 - 1923), "Serenade", op. 12 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Serenade", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-07-27
Line count: 4
Word count: 32

Serenade

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

How lovely the night with its host of stars!
Come out, why don’t you, and count the stars for once.
Far more numerous [than the stars] are the pangs that I feel
When you talk to others and I stand [looking on] from afar.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2020 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 Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 119
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2020-12-02
Line count: 4
Word count: 44