Der Abendstern
Language:
German
Bist du denn wirklich so fern,
lieblicher, glänzender Stern?
Sehne mich stündlich von hier,
Wandelnder, heimlich zu dir.
Blickest so hell durch die Nacht,
still, bis die Sorge erwacht,
schimmerst am Morgen noch spät,
matt, wenn die Sonne ersteht.
Winket dein freundliches Licht
Frieden und Ruhe mir nicht?
Schau ich dich, blinkenden Stern,
möcht' ich ja sterben so gern.
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(David Kenneth Smith)
, "The evening star", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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The evening star
Language:
English
Are you then really so far,
loveliest glittering star?
Secretly each hour I am
yearning to travel to you.
Brightly you look through the night,
still, until sorrow awakes,
shimmering long in the light,
faint, with the rising of sun.
Doesn't your intimate light
bid me to peacefully lie?
Seeing you, glittering star -
yes, I would so gladly die.
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