La flamme | Que tu ailles danser avec colifichets et fourbi

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Die Flamme

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Ob du tanzen gehst in Tand und Plunder,
Ob dein Herz sich wund in Sorgen müht,
Täglich neu erfährst du doch das Wunder,
Daß des Lebens Flamme in dir glüht.

Mancher läßt sie lodern und verprassen,
Trunken im verzückten Augenblick,
Andre geben sorglich und gelassen
Kind und Enkeln weiter ihr Geschick.

Doch verloren sind nur dessen Tage,
Den sein Weg durch dumpfe Dämmrung führt,
Der sich sättigt in des Tages Plage
Und des Lebens Flamme niemals spürt.

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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 217.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Die Flamme", written 1910 [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 Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Die Flamme", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by (Carl Theodor) Oskar Ulmer (1883 - 1966), "Die Flamme", op. 34 no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Die Flamme ", op. 11 no. 13, published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Zweiter Liederkreis - 15 Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La flama", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The flame", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La flamme", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-04
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Word count: 77

La flamme

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Que tu ailles danser avec colifichets et fourbi,
Que ton cœur blessé se démène dans les tracas,
Chaque jour nouveau tu apprends cette merveille
Qu'en toi brille la flamme de la vie.

Certains la laissent brûler et se dissiper,
Dans l'ivresse d'un instant d'extase,
D'autres, impassibles et soigneux,
Transmettent leur destin à leurs enfants.

Pourtant ces jours ne sont perdus
Que pour celui dont le chemin mène à un crépuscule blafard,
Qui se satisfait des tourments des jours
Et qui jamais ne ressent la flamme de la vie.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2019 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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Die Flamme", written 1910
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This text was added to the website: 2019-01-30
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Word count: 88