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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Feierabend

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

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)

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Feierabend", written 1905, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911 [author's text checked 2 times 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 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 yet checked]
by August Reuss (1871 - 1935), "Feierabend", op. 36 (Acht Lieder) no. 7, published <<1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Feierabend", 1980? [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Fi del treball", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

Fin de journée

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

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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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Feierabend", written 1905, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911
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This text was added to the website: 2013-03-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 61