Stars, you silvery bees | Stars, you silvery bees

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by Hildegard Jone (1891 - 1963)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Sterne, Ihr silbernen Bienen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Sterne, Ihr silbernen Bienen
der Nacht um die Blume der Liebe!
Wahrlich der Honig aus ihr 
hängt schimmernd an Euch.
Lasset ihn tropfen ins Herz, 
in die goldene Wabe,
füllet sie an bis zum Rand.
Ach schon tropfet sie über,
selig und bis ans Ende mit 
ewiger Süße durchtränkt.

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Text Authorship:

by Hildegard Jone (1891 - 1963) [author's text not yet checked 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 Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Sterne", op. 22 (Neun Lieder und Gesänge) no. 2 (2006) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Sterne, Ihr silbernen Bienen", op. 25 no. 3 (1934), from Die Freunde, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Stars, you silvery bees", copyright ©

Researcher for this page: Hubert Schmid

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 49

Stars, you silvery bees

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 Stars, you silvery bees
 of night, arrayed about the flowers of love!
 Truly, your honey
 hangs shimmering on you.
 Let it drop into your heart, 
 into that golden honeycomb;
 fill it to the brim.
 It has already spilled over,
 blissful and to the end,
 eternally saturated with sweetness.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hildegard Jone (1891 - 1963)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 49