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Deinem Blick darf meiner nicht begegnen, Meine Seele, die so viel gelitten, Darf gebeugt nicht mehr die deine bitten: Wolle die verlorene Schwester segnen! Leise nur im allertiefsten Innern Will sie der gewesenen Schwesterzeiten, Der in Schmach verspielten Seligkeiten, Schweigend und mit Schmerzen sich erinnern.
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An earlier version of this text first appeared in the novel Hermann Lauscher, published 1900.
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 106.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1901, appears in Marienlieder, no. 3 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Reinhold Laquai (1894 - 1957), "Deinem Blick darf meiner nicht begegnen" [ medium voice and piano or organ ], from Hesse-Lieder für mittlere Stimme mit Klavier- oder Orgelbegleitung, Heft 3: Marienlieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Deinem Blick darf meiner nicht begegnen", op. 11 no. 3 [ high voice and piano ], from Drei Marien-Lieder für höhere Stimme und Klavier nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bruno Straumann (1889 - 1973), "Deinem Blick darf meiner nicht begegnen", 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Deinem Blick darf meiner nicht begegnen", <<1949 [ baritone and piano ], from Drei Marienlieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Set in a modified version by Emil Anner.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "My gaze must not encounter yours", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mon regard ne peut rencontrer le tien", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 45
My gaze must not encounter yours My soul that has suffered so much Must, bowed down, no longer utter pleas to yours: Bless the lost sister[-soul]! Only quietly in the deepest depths of my being Shall [my soul] think back to the past time of sisterhood, To the bliss disgracefully squandered, [Think back] silently and with pain.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2018 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1901, appears in Marienlieder, no. 3
This text was added to the website: 2018-02-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 57