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Wir sind in Zorn und Unverstand Wie Kinder tun, geschieden Und haben uns gemieden, Von blöder Scham gebannt. Die Jahre gingen drüber her Mit Reuen und mit Warten. In unsern Jugendgarten Führt keine Straße mehr.
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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 184.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Schicksal", written 1907, 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 Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Schicksal", op. 12 no. 10 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf volkstümliche Gesänge für mittlere Stimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl von Szelle , "Schicksal", 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Sechszehn [sic] Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Herbert Thienemann (1884 - 1963), "Schicksal", published 1931 [ voice and guitar or lute ], from Sonne im Herbst - Lieder zur Gitarre (Laute), no. 88 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (b. 1939), "Schicksal", 1971 [ baritone and piano ], from Einsame Nacht, no. 3, Merion Music
Publisher: Presser [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Destí", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Fate", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Destin", copyright © 2013, (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: 2009-06-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 35
Like children, we parted In wrath and ignorance, And avoided each other, Held captive by stupid shame. The years passed over [our separation] With rue and with waiting. Into the garden of our youth No street leads any longer.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Schicksal", written 1907, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911
This text was added to the website: 2019-05-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 39