Manchmal, wenn ein Vogel ruft Oder ein Wind geht in den Zweigen Oder ein Hund bellt im fernsten Gehöft, Dann muss ich lange lauschen und schweigen. Meine Seele flieht zurück, Bis wo vor tausend vergessenen Jahren Der Vogel und der wehende Wind Mir ähnlich und meine Brüder waren. Meine Seele wird Baum Und ein Tier und ein Wolkenweben. Verwandelt und fremd kehrt sie zurück Und fragt mich. Wie soll ich Antwort geben?
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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, pages 133-134.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Manchmal", written 1904 [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 Wolf von Aichelburg (1912 - 1994), "Manchmal" [ voice and piano ], in the collection Lieder siebenbürgischer Komponisten, Book II [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Maximilian Helmschrott (b. 1938), "Manchmal", published 1988 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Hesse-Lieder - Romantische Chorlieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz-Otto Hoffmann (b. 1902), "Manchmal", 1932-47 [ voice and piano ], from 21 Lieder, no. 19 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bertold Hummel (1925 - 2002), "Manchmal", op. 71a no. 6, published 1978, from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Reinhold Laquai (1894 - 1957), "Manchmal " [ medium voice and piano ], from Hesse-Lieder für mittlere Stimme, Heft 2, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Maria Rudloff , "Manchmal ", <<1919 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Manchmal ", op. 42a no. 2 (1977) [ medium voice and piano ], from Stufen - Hesse-Lieder 1977 für mittlere Singstimme, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Winfried Schreiter (b. 1930), "Manchmal", 1956 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Texten von Hermann Hesse für eine Singstimme und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (1903 - 1969), "Manchmal ", published 1970 [ baritone and piano ], from Hermann-Hesse-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fried Walter (1907 - 1996), "Manchmal ", 1977 [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sometimes", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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