Song of two souls | Dear Morning Star

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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Zweier Seelen Lied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CHI ENG FRE

Lieber Morgenstern,
Lieber Abendstern,
Ihr scheint zwei
Und seid eins.

Ob der Tag beginnt,
Ob die Nacht beginnt,
Findet euer Schein
In uns zweien die Liebe wach.

Lieber Abendstern,
Lieber Morgenstern,
Hilf uns Tag für Tag
Eins sein, bis die letzte Nacht uns eint.

Text Authorship:

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Zweier Seelen Lied", appears in Weib und Welt [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 Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Zweier Seelen Lied", op. 45 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1915 [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Suter (1870 - 1926), "Zweier Seelen Lied", op. 15 (4 Duette für Alt und Bass mit Klavier) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Trunk (1879 - 1968), "Zweier Seelen Lied", op. 76 no. 3, published 1963 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Zweier Seelen Lied", op. 16 (Neun Lieder) no. 6 (1937-8) [sung text not yet checked]

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

CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "两个灵魂之歌", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Song of two souls", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 44

Song of two souls

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Dear Morning Star,
Dear Evening Star,
You shine as two
And are one.

Whether day begins,
Whether night begins,
Your glow finds
Love awake in the two of us.

Dear Morning Star,
Dear Evening Star,
Help us day by day
To be one, until the last night unifies us.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 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 Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Zweier Seelen Lied", appears in Weib und Welt
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 49