Wunderliches Wehgefühl, Wenn ich meinen Tisch verlassen Und die Nacht so still und kühl Wandelt durch die leeren Gassen! Müde und vom Wein berauscht, Hab ich oft dem bangen Winde Durch die Straßen nachgelauscht, Traumbewegt gleich einem Kinde. Irgend ein geheimer Gruß, Irgend ein geheimes Singen, Irgend eine Liebe muß' In dem leisen Brausen klingen. Eine stille Güte auch Hat der Ton in mir beschworen -- Ist es jener Jugend Hauch, Die ich schon so lang verloren?
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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 89-90.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Heimweg vom Wirtshaus", written 1901, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Irrwege, first published 1919 [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 Johannes Schmiedel (b. 1921), "Heimweg vom Wirtshaus", 1983 [ voice and guitar ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Way home from the tavern", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chemin de l'auberge à la maison", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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