Alpenpaß

Durch viele Täler wandernd kam ich her,
Nach keinem Ziele hin steht mein Begehr.

Hinschauend seh ich an der Ferne Rand
Italien, meiner Jugendjahre Land,

Indes vom Norden mir herüberschaut
Das kühlere Land, wo ich mein Haus gebaut.

Ich schaue still mit wunderlichem Schmerz
Zu meinem Jugendgarten südenwärts

Und winke grüßend mit geschwungenem Hut
Dem Norden zu, wo nun mein Wandern ruht.

Und brennend geht es durch die Seele mir:
Ach, meine Heimat ist nicht dort, nicht hier!

Translation(s): ENG FRE

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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 203.

Authorship

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Alpenpaß", written c1910 [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Heinz-Otto Hoffmann (b. 1902), "Alpenpaß", 1932-47 [voice and piano], from 21 Lieder, no. 16. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Alpenpaß", op. 11 no. 2, published 1925 [voice and piano], from Zweiter Liederkreis - 15 Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Alpine pass", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Col alpin", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2014-01-27 00:00:00.
Last modified: 2018-07-12 12:15:21
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Word count: 78

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Alpine pass

Wandering through many valleys I came,
I have no desire for any goal.

Gazing, I see on the rim of the distance
Italy, the land of the years of my youth,

While looking at me from the north
Is the cooler land, where I built my house.

I gaze silently with strange and curious pain
Southward to the garden of my youth

And wave my hat in greeting
To the north, where now my wandering rests.

And burningly a thought passes through my soul:
Ah, my homeland is neither there, nor here!

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Alpenpaß", written c1910 FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Heinz-Otto Hoffmann, Justus Hermann Wetzel. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2014-01-27 00:00:00.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:05:28
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Word count: 92