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[Schweb']1 empor am Himmel, Schöner Abendstern! Sieht im Glanzgewimmel Jeder dich ja gern. Gehn sie auf, gehn nieder Sie am Himmelsrand, Keinen deiner Brüder Schmückt ein solch Gewand. Ihr's scheint an den Kanten Leicht mit Gold beklebt, Dein's aus Diamanten Durch und durch gewebt. Steht auch dir zur Seiten Oft des Mondes Pracht, Strahlst du doch bei Weiten Hehrer durch die Nacht. Ihm leiht fremde Helle Seinen Perlenglanz, Voll aus eigner Quelle Strömt dein Sonnenglanz. Schweb' empor am Himmel, Schöner Abendstern! Sieht im Glanzgewimmel Jeder dich ja gern.
R. Schumann sets stanzas 1, 2, 6
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Sämmtliche Dichtungen von Elisabeth Kulmann, herausgegeben von Karl Friedrich von Großheinrich, Achte, vermehrte Auflage, Frankfurt am Main: Druck und Verlag von H.L. Brönner, 1857, page 286.
1 Reinecke: "Steig'"; further changes may exist not noted.Text Authorship:
- by Elisabeth Kulmann (1808 - 1825), "Kinderlied an den Abendstern", appears in Neue Gemäldesammlung in zwanzig Säälen [sic], in Sechster Saal, 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 Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "An den Abendstern", op. 63 (Neun Kinderlieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "An den Abendstern", op. 103 no. 4 (1851), published 1851, stanzas 1,2,6 [ duet for 2 sopranos (or soprano and alto) with piano ], from Mädchenlieder (Kulmann Lieder), no. 4, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan de avondster", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To the evening star", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "À l'étoile du soir", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "Estrela da tarde", copyright © 2011, (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: 2007-01-23
Line count: 24
Word count: 90
[Soar]1 aloft in the heavens, Beautiful evening star! Among the teeming crowd of heavenly lights Everyone gladly takes note of you. If they rise, if they set On the rim of heaven, None of your brothers Are clad in such a garment [as yours]. Theirs at the edges seems to be Lightly plastered with gold, Yours is woven through and through With diamonds. Even though at your side The glory of the moon often stands, Yet you shine by far More gloriously through the night. Another's brightness lends [the moon] Its pearly shimmer; Utterly from your own source Springs your sun-like radiance. Soar aloft in the heavens, Beautiful evening star! Among the teeming crowd of heavenly lights Everyone gladly takes note of you.
1 Reinecke: "rise"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2010 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 Elisabeth Kulmann (1808 - 1825), "Kinderlied an den Abendstern", appears in Neue Gemäldesammlung in zwanzig Säälen [sic], in Sechster Saal, no. 3
This text was added to the website: 2010-06-11
Line count: 24
Word count: 125