| Margarete Münsterberg, ed., trans. A Harvest of German Verse. 1916. | | | | Say, How Many Stars Are Glowing | | By Wilhelm Hey (1790–1854) |
| | | SAY, how many stars are glowing | |
| On the heavens’ deep blue dome? | |
| Say, how many clouds are going, | |
| Over all the world to roam? | |
| God our Lord has told their host, | 5 |
| That no single one is lost, | |
| Though their number be so great. | |
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| Say, how many gnats are playing, | |
| In the summer sunlight’s glow? | |
| Say, how many fish are straying | 10 |
| In the water’s limpid flow? | |
| God our Lord called them by name, | |
| Straightway into life they came; | |
| Now they all are glad and gay. | |
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| Say, how many children hurry, | 15 |
| From their little beds to rise, | |
| And, untouched by care or worry, | |
| Pass the day in merry wise? | |
| They all please the Lord above, | |
| And He gives them all His love, | 20 |
| Knows thee too and holds thee dear. | | | | |
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