Wie eine weiße Wolke

Wie eine weiße Wolke 
Am hohen Himmel steht,
So weiß und schön und ferne
Bist du, Elisabeth.

Die Wolke geht und wandert,
Kaum hast du ihrer acht,
Und doch durch deine Träume
Geht sie in dunkler Nacht.

Geht und erglänzt so silbern,
Daß fortan ohne Rast
Du nach der weißen Wolke
Ein süßes Heimweh hast.

Translation(s): ENG FRE

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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 2 Die Romane, Peter Camenzind, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2001, page 170.

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 69.

Submitted by Claus Swienty and Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1900, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III, in Buch der Liebe, in Elisabeth, no. 3 [ author's text checked 3 times]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Richard Czelinski (1901 - 1969), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1923. [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Frédéric Decrauzat , "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1948 [voice and piano], from Vier Lieder, no. 4. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Georg Ebner (1896 - ?), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", op. 154 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5 (1957). [high voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Clara Faisst (1872 - 1948), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1905. [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Edwin Fischer (1886 - 1960), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", op. 1 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, published 1919. [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Hans Gräch , "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1957. [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Alfred Grunert , "Wie eine weiße Wolke" [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Erwin Hauff (1894 - 1960), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1955-7, published 1960. [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Fritz Hayn (1885 - 1968), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", op. 10 no. 3, published c1910. [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Fritz Jürgens (1888 - 1915), "Elisabeth aus "Peter Camenzind"", published 1916. [low voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Hans Klenk (b. 1898), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", <<1946. [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Franz Krause (1889 - ?), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", op. 38 no. 2, published 1964 [voice and piano], from Zehn Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 2. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Hubert Kross (b. 1934), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1952. [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by M. Kuntzel , "Wie eine weiße Wolke" [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Wilhelm Lache , "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1956 [voice and piano], from Elisabeth, no. 3. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Günther Langenberg , "Wie eine weiße Wolke" [voice and piano], from Sechs Lieder, no. 3. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Tage Nielsen (1929 - 2003), "Wie eine weiße Wolke" [voice and piano], from Fem sange (1946-1970), no. 2. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Friedrich Riepe , "Wie eine weiße Wolke", op. 6 no. 3, published <<1948 [voice and piano], from Sieben Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by (Christian) Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1980. [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Elisabeth", op. 8 no. 1 (1906), published 1907 [voice and piano], from Vier Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 1. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Karl Scholz , "Elisabeth" [voice and piano], from Zwei Lieder, no. 2. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Bernhard Seidmann , "Wie eine weiße Wolke", c1935 [voice and piano], from Zwei Lieder, no. 2. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Heinrich Simbriger (1903 - 1976), "Wie eine weiße Wolke" [medium voice and string trio], from Fünf Lieder für mittlere Stimme mit Streichtriobegleitung, no. 5. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Claus Swienty , "Elisabeth", from 5 Lieder on words of Hermann Hesse, no. 3. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Herbert Thienemann (1884 - 1963), "Elisabeth", published 1928 [voice and guitar or lute], from Lieder der Sehnsucht - Lieder zur Gitarre (Laute), no. 7. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1950 [baritone and piano], from Elisabeth - Liederzyklus für Bariton und Klavier, no. 3, one of two settings [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1949 [voice and piano], one of two settings [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , no title, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Comme un nuage blanc

Comme un nuage blanc
là-haut dans le ciel,
tu es, Élisabeth,
aussi blanche et belle et lointaine.

Le nuage passe et voyage,
tu ne fais guère attention à lui,
et pourtant dans tes rêves
il passe dans la sombre nuit.

Il passe et brille si argenté
que désormais, sans cesse,
tu as du blanc nuage
une douce nostalgie.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1900, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III, in Buch der Liebe, in Elisabeth, no. 3 ENG
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Richard Czelinski, Frédéric Decrauzat, Georg Ebner, Clara Faisst, Edwin Fischer, Hans Gräch, Alfred Grunert, Erwin Hauff, Fritz Hayn, Fritz Jürgens, Hans Klenk, Franz Krause, Hubert Kross, M. Kuntzel, Wilhelm Lache, Günther Langenberg, Tage Nielsen, Friedrich Riepe, Immo Schneider, Othmar Schoeck, Karl Scholz, Bernhard Seidmann, Heinrich Simbriger, Claus Swienty, Herbert Thienemann, Franz Xaver Zintl. Go to the text.

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