Gilt golden stars, tiny azure bells

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by Karl Friedrich Henckell (1864 - 1929)

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Goldne Sterne, blaue Glöckchen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CHI ENG FRE

Goldne Sterne, blaue Glöckchen,
Wieviel wonnevolle Kelche!
Welche Schimmerpracht, ach, welche
Samtenen und seidnen Röckchen!
Blaue Glöckchen, goldne Sterne,
Tausend Blüten seh ich winken,
Weiche Blüten nah und ferne,
Nur aus einer sollt ich trinken?
Daß ich das doch nimmer lerne! ...
Goldne Sterne ...
Blaue Glöckchen ...

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Text Authorship:

by Karl Friedrich Henckell (1864 - 1929), no title, appears in Schmetterlingslieder, no. 1 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Goldne Sterne, blaue Glöckchen", 2009 [ soprano and piano ], from Schmetterlingslieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Dora Pejačević (1885 - 1923), "Goldne Sterne, blaue Glöckchen", op. 52 no. 1 (1920) [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Schmetterlingslieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by August Reuss (1871 - 1935), "Schmetterlingslieder I", op. 34 (Fünf Gedichte) no. 3 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

CHI Chinese (中文) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Étoiles dorées, petites cloches bleues", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-07-06
Line count: 11
Word count: 46

Gilt golden stars, tiny azure bells

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Gilt golden stars, tiny azure bells,
How many wondrous goblets!
What gleaming splendor, oh, what
Velvet and silken garments!
Tiny azure bells, gilt golden stars,
A thousand winking blossoms to be seen,
Soft-pointed blooms near and far,
But out of which shall I sip?
Oh that I might never learn more!...
Gilt golden stars....
Tiny azure bells...

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Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Friedrich Henckell (1864 - 1929), no title, appears in Schmetterlingslieder, no. 1
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-11-24
Line count: 11
Word count: 57