Du lautlos dunkler Kanal, Verlassene Bucht, Uralter Häuser graue Flucht, Gotische Fenster und maurisch verziertes Portal! Von tiefem Traum besiegt, Vom Tode eingewiegt Schläft hier die Zeit Und alles Leben scheint so weit, so weit! Hier will ich ganz allein Durch alte Gassen gehn, Bei Fackelschein An Gondeltreppen stehn, In blinde Fenster sehn Bang-glücklich wie ein Kind im Dunkeln sein.
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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 135.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Ankunft in Venedig", written 1903 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Géza Frid (1904 - 1989), "Ankunft in Venedig", op. 83 no. 3 (1973), from Venedig, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Arribada a Venècia", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Arrival in Venice", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Arrivée à Venise", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2014-03-01
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