by
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
So schön bist du!
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG FRE
Ein Lieblingstraum, aus goldnen Nächten
Vortretend, schlank, in ernster Ruh,
Den Zauberschleier in der Rechten -
So schön bist du!
Mein Blick erstaunt und muß sich senken,
Mein Herz schließt alle Tore zu,
Dem Wunder heimlich nachzudenken-
So schön bist du!
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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 41.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Laci Boldemann (1921 - 1969), "So schön bist du!", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für eine tiefe Stimme zu Gedichten von Hermann Hesse) no. 4, published c1950 [ low voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Werner Bühler (1904 - 1968), "So schön bist du" [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "So schön bist du! ", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "So schön bist du! " [ high voice (tenor) and harp (or piano) ], from Drei Lieder für hohe Stimme (Tenor) und Harfe (oder Klavier), no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "So schön bist du!", op. 8 no. 1 (1950) [ baritone and piano ], from Maria - Liederzyklus für Bariton, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "You are so lovely!", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Tu es si belle !", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust
[Administrator] , Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2009-04-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 40
Tu es si belle !
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
Un rêve d'amour, dans une nuit d'or,
Tu avances, élancée, dans une grave sérénité,
Le voile magique dans la main droite,
Tu es si belle !
Mon regard est sidéré et doit se baisser,
Mon cœur ferme sa porte à tout
Pour penser secrètement au prodige,
Tu es si belle !
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2018 by Pierre Mathé, (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), "So schön bist du!", written 1898, appears in Maria, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2018-02-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 49
