by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Es fällt ein Stern herunter
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Available translation(s): DUT ENG FRE
Es fällt ein Stern herunter
Aus seiner funkelnden Höh;
Das ist der Stern der Liebe,
Den ich dort fallen seh.
 
Es fallen vom Apfelbaume,
Der weißen Blätter so viel,
Es kommen die neckenden Lüfte,
Und treiben damit ihr Spiel.
 
Es singt der Schwan im Weiher,
Und rudert auf und ab,
Und immer leiser singend,
Taucht er ins Flutengrab.
 
Es ist so still und dunkel!
Verweht ist Blatt und Blüt',
Der Stern ist knisternd zerstoben,
Verklungen das Schwanenlied.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 163.


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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):

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , ; composed by Eustace J. Breakspeare.
  • Also set in Finnish (Suomi), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , ; composed by Väinö Raitio.
  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , ; composed by Joseph Mertens.
  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Caroline Unger.
  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Vil'gelm Veniaminovich Levik (1907 - 1982) , ; composed by Rostislav Grigor'yevich Boyko.
  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Aleksandr Vasilyevich Nikolsky.
  • Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Laura Valborg Aulin.

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Walter Meyer) , "A star is tumbling downward", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 59, first published 1827
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 77