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Sing mir dein liebes Wiegenlied! Seit meine Jugend von mir schied, Mag ich so gern die Weise hören. Komm zu mir, süßer Wunderklang, Nur du kannst noch die Nacht entlang Mein ruheloses Herz betören. Leg mir aufs Haar die schmale Hand Und laß von unsrem Heimatland, Von totem Ruhm und Glück uns träumen. Gleich einem Stern, der einsam zieht, Soll flackerhell dein Märchenlied Die Nächte meiner Schwermut säumen. Und stelle mir zu Häupten doch Den Rosenstrauß! Er duftet noch Und träumt sich heimwärts wehbeklommen. Ich bin ja auch so welk und schwank, Gebrochen und am Heimweh krank, Und kann nicht mehr nach Hause kommen.
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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 13.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Berceuse", written 1897, appears in Chopin, no. 3 [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 Victor Fenigstein (b. 1924), "Berceuse", 1944 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 1, from Aus deiner Jugend, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó de bressol", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Berceuse", copyright © 2016, (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: 2009-05-05
Line count: 18
Word count: 104
Sing me your dear lullaby! Ever since my youth has passed, I love to hear that tune. Come to me, sweet wondrous sound; Through the nights, only you can still Beguile my restless heart. Place your slender hand upon my hair And let us dream of our homeland, Of departed renown and happiness. Like a star that moves in solitude, Your fairy-tale song, in flickering brightness, Shall encircle the nights of my melancholy. And place by my head yet The rose-bouquet! It is still emitting scent And, in anguish, dreams itself homeward. For I, too, am so wilted and limp, Broken and suffering from homesickness, And can come home no more.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Berceuse", written 1897, appears in Chopin, no. 3
This text was added to the website: 2016-09-29
Line count: 18
Word count: 111