by
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Spät auf staubiger Straße geh ich
Language: German (Deutsch)
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Spät auf staubiger Straße geh ich,
Mauerschatten fallen schräg,
Und durch Rebenranken seh ich
Mondlicht über Bach und Weg.
Lieder, die ich einst gesungen,
Stimm ich leise wieder an,
Ungezählter Wanderungen
Schatten kreuzen meine Bahn.
Wind und Schnee und Sonnenhitze
Vieler Jahre klingt mir nach,
Sommernacht und blaue Blitze,
Sturm und Reiseungemach.
Braun gebrannt und vollgesogen
Von der Fülle dieser Welt,
Fühl ich weiter mich gezogen,
Bis mein Pfad ins Dunkle fällt.
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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 11 Autobiographische Schriften I, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2003, page 11.
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 242.
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Late upon the dusty street I walk
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Late upon the dusty street I walk,
The shadows of the rock walls fall obliquely,
And through the grapevine tendrils I see
Moonlight upon brook and pathway.
Songs that once I sang
I strike up again quietly,
The shadows of countless
Ramblings cross my path.
The wind and snow and heat of the sun
Of many years echoes for me,
Summer night and blue lightning,
Storm and the adversity of travel.
Darkly tanned and saturated
With the fullness of the world,
I feel myself drawn onward
Until my path falls into the darkness.
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Translations of title(s):
"Gang am Abend" = "Walk at eventide"
"Unterwegs" = "On my way"
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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-13
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Word count: 94
