Vous qui passez près de moi | Vous qui passez près de moi

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Ihr, die ihr geht an mir vorbei

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Ihr, die ihr geht an mir vorbei
So furchtsam und bescheiden,
Ihr wisset nicht, was Leiden
Und wisset nicht, was Liebe sei.

Und auch den Garten kennt ihr nicht,
Den schwülen Träumegarten,
Wo Rosen sterbend warten,
Und jedes Scharlachblatt ist ein Gedicht.

Ihr geht vorbei und scheuet schier
Mich anzuschaun ein wenig,
Und doch bin ich ein König
Und hundertmal so stolz und reich als ihr!

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Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1901, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Irrwege, in Der Trinker, no. 1 [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 Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Ihr, die ihr geht an mir vorbei", <<1950 [ voice and piano ], from Der Trinker, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Vosaltres que passeu pel meu costat", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Vous qui passez près de moi", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-08-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 66

Vous qui passez près de moi

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

Vous qui passez près de moi
Si craintifs et si modestes,
Vous ne savez pas ce qu'est la souffrance,
Et ne savez pas ce qu'est l'amour.

Et vous ne connaissez pas non plus le jardin,
Le lourd jardin de rêves
Où des roses mourantes attendent,
Et où chaque feuille écarlate est un poème.

Vous passez près de moi et avez presque peur
De me regarder un peu,
Et pourtant je suis un roi,
Et cent fois plus fier et riche que vous !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1901, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Irrwege, in Der Trinker, no. 1
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This text was added to the website: 2019-05-03
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Word count: 82