Étoiles | Vous qui traversez l'éther sur vos ailes bienheureuses

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Sterne

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT CHI ENG FRE

Die ihr den Äther mit seligen Schwingen durchschneidet,
Segnende Hände über uns Irrende breitet,
Die ihr den Seelen, die weinend ins Dunkel gesunken,
Leuchtet mit Augen, die ewige Sonne getrunken --
Gütige Sterne, wie oft, aus [den]¹ Schatten der Erde,
Blick ich auf euch, daß Frieden und Licht in mir werde!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• M. Reger

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Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, Fünfte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, page 249.

¹ Reger: "dem"

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Sterne", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 8. Über den Stürmen, 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 Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Sterne", op. 55 (Fünfzehn Lieder) no. 7 (1901) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Estrelles", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "群星", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Stars", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Étoiles", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-07-09
Line count: 6
Word count: 50

Étoiles

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Vous qui traversez l'éther sur vos ailes bienheureuses,
Qui étendez sur nous, les fourvoyés, vos mains pour nous bénir,
Vous qui aux âmes éplorées plongées dans l'obscurité,
Avec vos yeux révélez l'éclat d'un soleil éternel --
Bonnes étoiles, bien souvent, depuis [les ombres]¹ de la terre
Je vous ai regardées, pour que m'advienne paix et lumière !

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¹ Reger: "l'ombre"

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Pierre Mathé, (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 Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Sterne", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 8. Über den Stürmen, no. 1
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This text was added to the website: 2012-08-03
Line count: 6
Word count: 56