An die Freunde in schwerer Zeit
Language: German (Deutsch)
Auch in diesen [dunklern]1 Stunden,
Liebe Freunde, laßt mich gelten;
Ob ich's hell, ob trüb gefunden,
Nie will ich das Leben schelten.
Sonnenschein und Ungewitter
Sind desselben Himmels Mienen;
Schicksal soll, ob süß ob bitter,
Mir als liebe Speise dienen.
Seele geht verschlungene Pfade,
Lernet ihre Sprache lesen!
Morgen preist sie schon als Gnade,
Was ihr heute Qual gewesen.
Sterben können nur die Rohen,
Andre will die Gottheit lehren,
Aus dem Niedern, aus dem Hohen
Seelenhaften Sinn zu nähren.
Erst auf jenen letzten Stufen
Dürfen wir uns Ruhe gönnen,
Wo wir, väterlich gerufen,
Schon den Himmel schauen können.
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 233.
1 Stürmer: "dunklen"
Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator] and Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable): - ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To my friends in difficult times", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À mes amis en des temps difficiles", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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To my friends in difficult times
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
In these [darker]1 hours as well,
Dear friends, let [my words] be heeded;
Whether I found it bright or dreary,
Never shall I berate life.
Sunshine and violent storms
Are both faces of the same sky;
Whether sweet or bitter, fate
Shall serve me as a valued repast.
The soul walks upon tortuous paths;
Learn to read their message!
Tomorrow already [the soul] shall praise as a blessing
That which today it felt to be agony.
Only the crude can die,
The others the divinity wishes to instruct
How to extract soulful sustenance
From the lowly, from the lofty.
Only upon those last steps
May we grant ourselves rest,
There where, summoned in a fatherly manner,
We may already see Heaven.
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1 Stürmer: "dark"
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Based on- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "An die Freunde in schwerer Zeit", written 1915 FRE
- This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Wilhelm Österreicher, Klaus Sonnenburg, Bruno Stürmer. Go to the text.
Text added to the website: 2016-11-17.
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