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Reiner atmet der Garten im Tau der Nacht, Stiller brandet vom Tale die Stadt herauf, Blumen schimmern im Dunkeln Geisterhaft blaß wie aus Träumen her. Mir allein, der ich müde der Sonne bin, Kühlt auch der Abend die brennende Stirne nicht, Mir verschmachten die Sinne Dürstender als am Tage noch. Ungestillt verzehrt mich die Leidenschaft, Die ich des Tags mit so viel Listen betrog, Ach nun steht sie verzweifelt Aus der kurzen Betäubung auf. Liebe atmet der Baum und Liebe der Mond, Liebe träumen die Blumen im schwarzen Laub, Nur ich Einsamer dürste Ungeliebt in der lachenden Welt. Mädchen bleiben und Männer bezaubert stehn, Wenn durchs Gebüsch meine einsame Laute tönt, Und in Liedern verblutet Statt in Liebesarmen mein Herz.
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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 191.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Der Dichter", written 1913 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hildegard Quiel (1888 - 1971), "Der Dichter", published 1967 [ voice and piano ], from Hesse-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El poeta", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The poet", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le poète", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2014-10-21
Line count: 20
Word count: 120
The garden breathes more purely in the dew of the night, More quietly the noise of the city surges upward from the valley, Flowers shimmer in the darkness Ghostly pale as if from out of dreams. I alone, who am tired of the sun, Even nightfall does not cool my burning brow, My senses languish More thirstingly than even during the day. Unquenched, passion consumes me, [Psssion,] which I outwitted with so much cunning during the day, Ah, now it arises in despair From the brief numbness. The tree breathes love, and love the moon, The flowers dream love in the dark foliage, Only I, the solitary one, thirst Unloved in the laughing world. Maidens stop and men, spellbound, When through the bushes my lonely lute sounds, And my heart bleeds itself to death In songs, instead of in the arms of love.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Der Dichter", written 1913
This text was added to the website: 2014-10-21
Line count: 20
Word count: 143