In the original German version of Michael Ende's "Momo," what poem or song introduces the text? In the Spanish translation, which I am reading, it opens with "an old Irish children's song:" En la noche brilla tu luz. De dónde, no lo sé. Tan cerca parece y tan lejos. Cómo te llamas, no lo sé. Lo que quiera que seas: luce, pequeña estrella. In the English translation, it opens with a familiar children's rhyme: Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you are ! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. --Jane Taylor (1783-1827) The Spanish translation is not close to being a translation of this rhyme, and Taylor was English, not Irish. What poem is used in the original German version?