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Spiegellichter flackern hin und wieder, Meine Barke wiegt sich breit und schwer Über der Lagune auf und nieder, Laut am Lido singt und schreit das Meer. Meine Segel sind entschlafen In der warmen Mittagsglut, Meine Wünsche sind im Hafen Und mein Ruder ruht. Starkes, wunderliches Leben! Meine Stirn hast du versengt, Stürme hast du mir gegeben Und mich aus der Bahn gedrängt. Trotzig hast du mich im Sturm gefunden, Spottend sah ich dir ins Angesicht; Doch dem Zauber deiner Feierstunden, Deiner Koselieder widersteh ich nicht. Träumend hängt mein Blick am Himmelsbogen, Wo ein Wolkenflug sich seewärts schwingt, Träumend lausch ich auf den Chor der Wogen, Der mir Frieden in die Seele singt. Meine Segel sind entschlafen In der warmen Mittagsglut, Meine Wünsche sind im Hafen Und mein Ruder ruht.
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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, pages 137-138.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Barcarole", written c1903 [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 Volkmar Andreae (1879 - 1962), "Barcarole", op. 23 (Vier Gedichte von Hermann Hesse) no. 4, published 1913 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Maux (1893 - 1971), "Barcarole", op. 181 no. 8 (1931), published 1941 [ high voice or medium-high voice and piano ], from Italische Reise, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph A. Rinaldini (1893 - 1977), "Barcarole", published 1928 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Barcarola", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Barcarole", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Barcarole", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
Line count: 24
Word count: 129
Reflected lights flicker back and forth, My barque sways broadly and heavily Up and down across the lagoon, The sea sings and shouts loudly upon the Lido. My sails have gone to sleep In the warm glow of midday, My wishes have reached the harbour And my oars rest. Strong, whimsical life! You have singed my brow, Storms you have given me And thrown me off course. You have found me to be defiant in the storm, I looked into your face with scorn; But the magic of your hours of repose, Of your caressing songs, I cannot resist. Dreamily my gaze dwells upon the arch of the heavens Where a bank of clouds turns seaward, Dreamily I hearken to the choir of the waves, Which sings peace into my soul. My sails have gone to sleep In the warm glow of midday, My wishes have reached the harbour And my oars rest.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Barcarole", written c1903
This text was added to the website: 2017-02-15
Line count: 24
Word count: 153