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Im Kastanienbaum der Wind Reckt verschlafen sein Gefieder, An den spitzen Dächern rinnt Dämmerung und Mondschein nieder. Alle Brunnen rauschen kühl Vor sich hin verworrene Sagen, Zehnuhrglocken im Gestühl Rüsten feierlich zum Schlagen. In den Gärten unbelauscht Schlummern mondbeglänzte Bäume, Durch die runden Kronen rauscht Tief das Atmen schöner Träume. Zögernd leg ich aus der Hand Meine warmgespielte Geige, Staune weit ins blaue Land, Träume, sehne mich und schweige.
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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 132.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Frühlingsnacht", written 1902 [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 Ernst Beckert , "Frühlingsnacht", 1948-9 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Brömel (b. 1877), "Frühlingsnacht", published 1945-8 [ voice and piano ], from Hermann Hesse Lieder, no. 16 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Helene Regina Dehner , "Frühlingsnacht" [ unaccompanied voice ], from Sieben Lieder, no. 4, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Lauber (1864 - 1952), "Frühlingsnacht", op. 37 no. 4, published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Lenzesklänge - Acht Lieder mit deutsch-französischem Text, no. 4, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Krzysztof Penderecki (1933 - 2020), "Frühlingsnacht", 2005, first performed 2005 [ voices and orchestra ], from Symphony No. 8: Piesni Przemijania (Songs of Transitoriness) (Lieder der Vergänglichkeit), no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Schmiedel (b. 1921), "Frühlingsnacht", 1983 [ voice and guitar ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Franz Schwarz , no title, 1952 [ male voice and orchestra ], from Die Stunden eilen... - Drei Lieder für eine Männerstimme mit Orchesterbegleitung, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Frühlingsnacht", 1950 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Joseph Lauber.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Spring night", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Nuit de printemps", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 69
In the chestnut tree the wind Sleepily stretches its plumage, Upon the steep rooftops twilight And moonlight runs down. All the wells coolly tell, as they ripple, Complicated legends to themselves, The ten-o’clock bells in the turret Solemnly prepare themselves to peal. In the gardens secretly Trees radiant with moonlight sleep, Through their rounded crowns soughs Deeply the breathing of lovely dreams. Reluctantly I lay down from my hand The violin that is warm from being played, Marvelling, I gaze far into the blue land, Dream, yearn, and fall silent.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Frühlingsnacht", written 1902
This text was added to the website: 2018-05-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 90