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Immer hin und wider Strebt der Blütenzweig im Winde, Immer auf und nieder Strebt mein Herz gleich einem Kinde Zwischen hellen und dunklen Tagen, Zwischen Wollen und Entsagen. Bis die Blüten sind verweht Und der Zweig in Früchten steht, Bis das Herz, der Kindheit satt, Seine Ruhe hat Und bekennt: voll Lust und nicht vergebens War das unruhvolle Spiel des Lebens.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 188.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Der Blütenzweig", written 1913 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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Always back and forth The blossom-sprig strives in the wind, Always up and down My heart strives like a child Between bright and dark days, Between desire and renunciation. Until the blossoms have been scattered by the wind And the branch stands full of fruit, Until the heart, satiated with childhood, Has found its rest And acknowledges: full of joy and not in vain Was the tumultuous play of life.
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"Immer hin und wider" = "Always back and forth"
"Der Blütenzweig" = "The sprig of blossoms"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Der Blütenzweig", written 1913
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This text was added to the website: 2017-10-09
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Word count: 71