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by Johann Georg Fellinger (1781 - 1816)
Translation © by Lau Kanen

Oben drehen sich die großen
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Slovenian (Slovenščina) 
Our translations:  DUT ENG FRE
Oben drehen sich die großen
Unbekannten Welten dort,
Von dem Sonnenlicht umflossen
Kreisen sie die Bahnen fort!
Traulich reihet sich der Sterne
Zahlenloses Heer ringsum,
Sieht sich lächelnd durch die Ferne
Und verbreitet Gottes Ruhm.

Eine lichte Straße gleitet
Durch das weite Blau herauf,
Und die Macht der Gottheit leitet
Schwebend hier den Sternenlauf;
Alles hat sich zugeründet,
Alles wogt in Glanz und Brand,
Und dieß große All verkündet
Eine hohe Bildnerhand.

Jene Sternenheere weisen,
Schöpfer! deine Majestät!
Selig kann nur der sich preisen,
Dessen Geist zu dir entweht;
Nur dein Loblied wird er singen,
Wohnen ob dem Sphärengang,
Freudig sich durch Welten schwingen,
Trinkend reinen Engelsang.

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Confirmed with Deutsch-Slovenisches Lesebuch. Herausgegeben von Johann Nep. Primitz, öffentlichem Professor der Slovenischen Sprache an dem Lyceo zu Grätz. Grätz, Im Verlage bey Josepha Miller, 1813, pages 64-65 (title: "Die Sternenwelten"); and with Selam. Ein Almanach für Freunde des Mannigfaltigen. Herausgegeben von I.F.Castelli. Dritter Jahrgang 1814. Wien, gedruckt und im Verlage bey Anton Strauß, pages 312-315 (title: "Die Sternwelten").


Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Georg Fellinger (1781 - 1816), "Die Sternenwelten", written 1812-13, first published 1813 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Slovenian (Slovenščina) by Urban Jarnik (1784 - 1844), "Svésdishzhe", written 1809, first published 1812
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die Sternwelten", D 307 (1815), published 1895 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De sterrenwerelden", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "The world of the stars", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les mondes des étoiles", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-05
Line count: 24
Word count: 107

De sterrenwerelden
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Boven wentelen de grote
Onbekende werelden,
Door het zonlicht overgoten
Blijven zij maar cirkelen!
Vriend'lijk rijen zich de sterren
Talloos vele, langs het zwerk,
Met hun glimlach van heel verre
Roemen zij Gods meesterwerk.
 
Een verlichte Melkweg glijdt er
Door het wijde blauw omhoog,
En de macht der godheid leidt er
Zwevend hier de sterrenloop;
Alles kreeg zijn vorm in 't ronde,
Alles draait in glans en brand;
Dit heelal wil stil verkonden
Een verheven makershand.








Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2011 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Georg Fellinger (1781 - 1816), "Die Sternenwelten", written 1812-13, first published 1813
    • Go to the text page.

Based on:

  • a text in Slovenian (Slovenščina) by Urban Jarnik (1784 - 1844), "Svésdishzhe", written 1809, first published 1812
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2011-11-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 76

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