The evening star | I left her

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by Johann Graf von Majláth (1786 - 1855)

Translation © by Gary L. Miller

Der Abendstern

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE

Ich schied von ihr; es stand in tiefer Bläue 
der Liebe Stern, in stiller goldner Pracht;
Sie sprach:  "Rein wie der Stern, der jetzt erwacht, 
Ist meine Liebe,
ist meine Liebe, die ich stets dir weihe. 

Wenn dieser Stern dir fern von mir erscheinet,
bringt dir sein Leuchten meinen Liebesgruss; 
in seinen Strahlen nahet mir dein Kuss, 
wir sind vereinet,
so sind im Lichte liebend, liebend wir vereinet.
 
Uns trennet jetzt der Erde finstres Walten,
im Himmel ist für unsre Liebe Raum, 
sie wird sich, endet dieses Lebens Traum,
in jenem Stern,
in jenem Stern beseligend entfalten."

Text Authorship:

by Johann Graf von Majláth (1786 - 1855) [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 Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Der Abendstern", 1823 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 2 times]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De avondster", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Gary L. Miller) , "The evening star", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'étoile du soir", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Lau Kanen [Guest Editor] , Gary L. Miller

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-21
Line count: 15
Word count: 97

The evening star

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I left her;
it stood in deep blue the love star,
in quiet golden splendor;
She spoke: "Pure like the star, 
that now awakes now, is my love,
is my love, which I always dedicate to you.  

If this star
Which appears far from me,
brings you my shining love's greeting;
in its rays my kiss approaches you,
we are one,
as in the loving light, we are joined in love.  

We are separated now
By Earth's dark forces,
In the heavens is where our love is,
This dream of life begins and ends,
On that star,
Blissfully consummated on that star."

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Graf von Majláth (1786 - 1855)
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-21
Line count: 18
Word count: 102