So mußt Du allen Dingen

So mußt Du allen Dingen
Bruder und Schwester sein,
Daß sie dich ganz durchdringen,
Daß du nicht scheidest Mein und Dein.

Kein Stern, kein Laub soll fallen --
Du mußt mit ihm vergehn!
So wirst du auch mit allen
Allstündlich auferstehn.

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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 152.

Authorship

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Spruch", written 1908, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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

• by Hermann Ambrosius (1897 - 1983), "Spruch" [four-part mixed chorus a cappella], from Zwei Chöre, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Klaus Bässler , "Auferstehen", 1952. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Joachim Faber-Krause (b. 1913), "Spruch", published 1946 [voice and piano], from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Wilhelm Fehres (b. 1901), "Spruch", 1937 [baritone and piano], from Vom Baum des Lebens - Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 6. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Alfred Grunert , "Spruch" [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Alfred Keller (1907 - 1987), "Spruch", published 1947. [four-part mixed chorus a cappella] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ernst Klug (1905 - 1985), "Spruch", published 1955 [voice or 2-part children's chorus and piano], from Kinderdorf Lieder: 1. Heft: Gemeinschaftslieder, Morgenlieder, no. 6. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Hans-Hermann Kurig (1914 - 2002), "Spruch", 1952. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by W. Latsch , "Spruch" [duet for mezzo-soprano and bass with piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Heinz Lau (1925 - 1975), "Spruch", 1954. [unaccompanied voice] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Johannes Nørgaard (b. 1916), "Spruch", <<1961 [voice and piano], from Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran aus: Hermann Hesse, "Vom Baum des Lebens" und "Musik des Einsamen", no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Helmut Paulsen (b. 1909), "Spruch", published 1942 [medium voice and piano], from Sechs Lieder nach Texten zeitgenössischer Dichter für mittelhohe Stimme, no. 6. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by August Reuss (1871 - 1935), "Spruch", op. 44 (Sechs Lieder für mittlere Singstimme) no. 1, published 1924. [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Martin Schlensog (1897 - ?), "So mußt du allen Dingen", 1941 [four-part mixed chorus a cappella], from Zwei Sprüche von Hermann Hesse, no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by (Christian) Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Spruch", op. 24 no. 1 [medium voice and piano], from Acht vermischte Lieder für mittlere Singstimme und Klavier nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Käthe Schumann , "Spruch", 1950 [voice and piano], from Vier Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 4. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling (1904 - 1985), "Spruch", published 1950 [four-part mixed chorus a cappella], from Vom Baum des Lebens - Fünf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse für Chor a cappella, no. 5. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Karl Heinz Taubert (1912 - 1990), "Spruch", 1942, published 1962 [medium voice and piano], from Vom Baum des Lebens - Vier Lieder für mittlere Singstimme nach Worten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Grete Wilhelm (b. 1904), "Spruch", published 1960 [SAT chorus a cappella], from Sechs Chöre für 2 Frauen- und 1 Männerstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 6. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Poème gnomique", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2009-04-29.
Last modified: 2018-07-27 11:59:29
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Poème gnomique

Ainsi à toutes choses
Tu dois être  frère et sœur,
Pour qu'elles te pénètrent entièrement
Pour que tu ne sépares pas le mien du tien.

Pas une étoile, pas une feuille ne doit tomber
Que tu ne doive disparaître avec elle !
Ainsi tu seras aussi avec toutes,
À chaque heure ressuscité.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Spruch", written 1908, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911 ENG
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Hermann Ambrosius, Klaus Bässler, Joachim Faber-Krause, Wilhelm Fehres, Alfred Grunert, Alfred Keller, Ernst Klug, Hans-Hermann Kurig, W. Latsch, Heinz Lau, Johannes Nørgaard, Helmut Paulsen, August Reuss, Martin Schlensog, Immo Schneider, Käthe Schumann, Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling, Karl Heinz Taubert, Grete Wilhelm. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2013-02-10.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:05:08
Line count: 8
Word count: 52