And when with radiant stars | And when with radiant stars I compare

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by Günther Walling (1839 - 1896), as Karl Ulrici

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Und wenn ich mit leuchtenden Sternen...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Und wenn ich mit leuchtenden Sternen verglich,
O Mädchen, Dein Augenpaar,
Und mit hellfunkelnder Sonnen Licht,
So fühl' ich, daß falsch dies und wahr.

Denn für Sterne sind Deine Augen zu groß,
Für Sonnen sind sie zu klein,
Doch haben von diesen das Feuer sie,
Von jenen den milden Schein.

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Confirmed with Günther Walling (Carl Ulrici), Von Lenz zu Herbst. Dichtungen, Zweite vielfach veränderte Auflage, Leipzig und Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Friedrich, 1887, page 12.

Text Authorship:

by Günther Walling (1839 - 1896), as Karl Ulrici, no title, appears in Von Lenz zu Herbst: Dichtungen, in 1. Lieder, in Lieder aus Sevilla, no. 3 [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 Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Und wenn mit leuchtenden Sternen", op. 20 no. 3, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder aus Sevilla für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "And when with radiant stars", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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And when with radiant stars

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

And when with radiant stars I compare,
Oh maiden, your two eyes,
And with bright sparkling sunlight,
I feel that this is both true and false.

For your eyes are too big to be stars,
To be suns they are too small,
But they have the fire of the latter
And the gentle radiance of the former.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Günther Walling (1839 - 1896), as Karl Ulrici, no title, appears in Von Lenz zu Herbst: Dichtungen, in 1. Lieder, in Lieder aus Sevilla, no. 3
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This text was added to the website: 2020-05-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 57