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Rast haltend unter Edeltannen Besinn ich mich der alten Zeit, Da in mein erstes Knabenleid Dieselben Waldesdüfte rannen. An diesem Ort -- -- ich lag im Moose Und träumte scheu und knabenwild Ein blondes, schlankes Mädchenbild, In meinem Kranz die erste Rose. Die Zeit ging hin; der Traum ward alt Und wich von mir. Ein andrer kam. -- Wie lang, daß der auch Abschied nahm! Mich quält, wem jener erste galt. Ja wem? Ich weiß nur noch: sie war Holdselig, schlank und blond von Haar.
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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 52.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Über Hirsau", written 1898 [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 Richard Czelinski (1901 - 1969), "Über Hirsau", 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Czelinski (1901 - 1969), "Über Hirsau", 1948 [ voice and piano ], second version [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Al damunt de Hirsau", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Looking out over Hirsau", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Au-dessus de Hirsau", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-05-04
Line count: 14
Word count: 82
Stopping to rest under noble firs, I ponder olden times, When these same forest scents Trickled into my first boyhood sorrow. At this place -- -- I lay in the moss And dreamed shyly and boyishly wildly [of] A blonde, slim maidenly image, The first rose in my wreath. Time passed; the dream grew old And departed from me. Another came. -- How long it's been, since that one too took its farewell! What tortures me is, of whom the first one was. Yes, of whom? All I still know: she was Lovely, slender, and blonde.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Über Hirsau", written 1898
This text was added to the website: 2019-05-01
Line count: 14
Word count: 93