Was weilst du einsam an dem Himmel,
O [schöner]1 Stern? und bist so mild;
Warum entfernt das funkelnde Gewimmel
Der Brüder sich von deinem Bild?
"Ich bin der Liebe treuer Stern,
Sie halten sich von Liebe fern."
 
So solltest du zu ihnen [gehen]2,
Bist du der Liebe, zaudre nicht!
Wer möchte denn dir widerstehen?
Du süßes eigensinnig [Licht]3.
"Ich säe, schaue keinen Keim,
Und bleibe trauernd still daheim."

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, page 96.

¹ Zemlinsky: "lieber"
² Zemlinsky: "gehn"
³ Zemlinsky: "Ding"

Text Authorship:

• by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Abendstern" [author's text checked 2 times 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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Abendstern", D 806 (1824), published 1833 [ voice, piano ], A. Diabelli & Co., VN 4270, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Abendstern", from Drei Lieder um 1890, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "L’estel del capvespre", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Avondster", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Evening star", copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'étoile du soir", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Pupillo) (Claretta Manara) , "Stella della sera", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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