Love song | I am the deer buck and you the doe

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Liebeslied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Ich bin der Hirsch und du das Reh,
Der Vogel du und ich der Baum,
Die Sonne du und ich der Schnee,
Du bist der Tag und ich der Traum.

Nachts aus meinem schlafenden Mund
Fliegt ein Goldvogel zu dir,
Hell ist seine Stimme, sein Flügel bunt,
Der singt dir das Lied voll der Liebe,
Der singt dir das Lied von mir.

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• H. Thienemann

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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 274.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Liebeslied", subtitle: "(1920)", written 1920 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Love song

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I am the deer buck and you the doe,
You the bird and I the tree,
You the sun and I the snow,
You are the day and I the dream.

At night from my sleeping mouth
A golden bird flies to you,
Its voice is bright, its feathers colourful,
It sings the song full of love to you,
It sings to you the song from me.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Liebeslied", subtitle: "(1920)", written 1920
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This text was added to the website: 2018-09-23
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