Andante

Immer wieder tröstlich
Und immer neu in ewiger Schöpfung Glanz
Lacht mir die Welt ins Auge,
Lebt und regt sich in tausend atmenden Formen,
Flattert Falter im sonnigen Wind,
Segelt Schwalbe in seliger Bläue,
Strömt Meerflut am felsigen Strand.
Immer wieder ist Stern und Baum,
Ist mir Wolke und Vogel nahe verwandt,
Grüßt mich als Bruder der Fels,
Ruft mir freundschaftlich das unendliche Meer.
Unverstanden führt mich mein Weg
Einer blau verlorenen Ferne zu,
Nirgend ist Sinn, nirgend ist sicheres Ziel --
Dennoch redet mir jeder Waldbach,
Jede summende Fliege von tiefem Gesetz,
Heiliger Ordnung,
Deren Himmelsgewölb' auch mich überspannt,
Deren heimliches Tönen
Wie im Gang der Gestirne
So auch in meines Herzens Taktschlag klingt.

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, pages 218-219.

Authorship

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Andante", written 1912, appears in Feierliche Abendmusik, no. 2 [ author's text checked 2 times]

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

• by Hans Peter Nowak (b. 1932), "Andante", 1983 [voice and piano], from Feierliche Abendmusik, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Josef Röösli , "Andante", published 1977 [reciter and piano], from Feierliche Abendmusik, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Heinz Sälter , "Andante", op. 13 no. 2 (1949) [alto, four-part mixed chorus, piano, and orchestra], from Feierliche Abendmusik nach Worten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Karl Franz Schwarz , "Andante", 1948 [voice and piano (or orchestra?)], from Musik des Einsamen, no. 11. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Andante", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Andante", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2009-05-08 00:00:00.

Last modified: 2018-07-12 15:41:08

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Andante

Toujours encore consolateur
Et toujours nouveau dans l'éclat d'une éternelle création,
Dans mes yeux le monde sourit,
Il vit et s'agite sous mille formes respirantes,
Le papillon voltige dans le vent ensoleillé,
L'hirondelle cingle dans l'azur bienheureux,
Les flots de la mer déferlent sur le rivage rocheux.
Toujours encore étoile, arbre,
Nuage et oiseau sont mes proches parents,
Le rocher me salue comme un frère,
La mer infinie me hèle amicalement,
Inexplicablement mon chemin me mène
Vers un lointain bleu, perdu,
Sans aucun sens, sans aucun but certain –
Pourtant chaque ruisseau de la forêt,
Chaque mouche me parle d'une loi profonde,
D'un ordre saint,
Dont la voûte céleste me recouvre,
Dont la musique secrète
Chante dans la course des astres
Comme dans les battements de mon cœur.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Andante", written 1912, appears in Feierliche Abendmusik, no. 2 ENG
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Hans Peter Nowak, Josef Röösli, Heinz Sälter, Karl Franz Schwarz. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2017-01-09 00:00:00.

Last modified: 2017-02-16 14:15:08

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Word count: 128