by
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Die Flamme
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): 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.
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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.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Die Flamme", written 1910
This text was added to the website: 2019-01-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 88