Snedseglarn - Benny Anderssons Orkester

The stars are so luminous and numerous tonight

Stirring that sense of wonder deep in me

A sky of the velvet springhood lavishly with light

The stars, the eternal wells of mystery

I can see the ancient Greeks in total aw, like you and I

Trying to read it, the starry sky

The bear of Ursa major, and the hunter of Orion

And hydra the serpent and Leo the lion

The story has been told as long as humans have been watching the stars

The stars tell us stories, and tonight they speak of love

I see them shining bright in your blue eyes

And I’ve always felt our love descended from above

Like rain it was falling from the starry skies

The old Greeks and the Egyptians saw the same as you and me

We see the image we want to see

The mighty horse of Pegasus is towering before us

The bull and the maid and the Virgo and Taurus

They all come out at night along with Jupiter and Venus and Mars

The bear of Ursa major, and the hunter of Orion

And Hydra the serpent and Leo the lion

The story has been told as long as humans have been watching the stars

The stars