Feierabend

Das ist das Glück: am Feierabend müd
Im Bänklein sitzen und ins Weite lauschen,
Wo am Gebirg der Abendglast verglüht
Und ferne [Wälder]1 ihren Frieden rauschen.

Hinträumend wandelt in die alten Zeit
Und scheu dein stillgewordner Wunsch zurück
Zu lang verglühten Träumen, Wonnen, Leiden
Und Jugendhoffnungen ...... Das war das Glück.

Translation(s): ENG FRE

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Confirmed with Unterwegs. Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, München: Georg Müller Verlag, 1911, page 42.

Authorship

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Feierabend", written 1905, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911 [ author's text checked 2 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 Heinrich Pestalozzi (1878 - 1940), "Feierabend", op. 42 no. 1 [four-part mixed chorus a cappella], from Vier gemischte Chöre a cappella, no. 1. [ sung text not verified ]
• by August Reuss (1871 - 1935), "Feierabend", op. 36 (Acht Lieder) no. 7, published <<1920. [voice and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
• by (Christian) Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Feierabend", 1980? [voice and piano] [ sung text not verified ]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In the evening after work", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Fin de journée", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2013-03-04.
Last modified: 2018-03-20 15:23:12
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Word count: 51

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Fin de journée

C'est le bonheur : en fin de journée, fatigué,
S'asseoir sur un petit banc et regarder au loin
La montagne où le soir jette ses derniers rayons
Et où les forêts lointaines murmurent leur paix.

Ton désir timide et apaisé revient
Vagabonder en rêvant dans les temps anciens
Rêves, félicité, souffrances et espoirs de la jeunesse
Trop longtemps refroidis ...... C'était le bonheur.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Feierabend", written 1905, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911 ENG
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Heinrich Pestalozzi, August Reuss, Immo Schneider. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2013-03-09.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:05:08
Line count: 8
Word count: 63