How I wonder what you are,
Up above world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky,
When the blazing sun is gone,
When there's nothing he shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
and Twinkle, twinkle, through the night.
In the dark blue sky you keep,
And through my curtains you often peep
For you never shut your eye,
Till the sun is in the sky
Then the traveler in the dark
Thanks you for your tiny spark;
He couldn't see which way to go,
If you didn't twinkle so.
Though I don't know what you are,
twinkle twinkle little star
Twinkle twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky,
Like a diamond,
Show your little light,
and Twinkle, twinkle, through the night.
