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.
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Confirmed with Unterwegs. Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, München: Georg Müller Verlag, 1911, page 42.
1 "Ströme" in a later publication (Hermann Hesse,
Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10
Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 159)
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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
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] , Pierre Mathé
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2013-03-04
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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.