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Wer meine Freunde sind?
Zugvögel, überm Ozean verirrt,
Schiffbrüchige Schiffer, Herden ohne Hirt,
Die Nacht, der Traum, der heimatlose Wind. . .1
Ich weiß: an irgend einem fernen Tag
Wird alles Gute, das in mir gefangen
An stillen Ketten müd und tatlos lag,
Zu Licht und Tat und Herrlichkeit gelangen.
Ich weiß: dann wird tot und vergangen sein
Der welke Wintertraum, an dem ich kranke,
Dann wird mein Schlaf voll süßen Trostes sein
Und voll verklärten Wissens mein Gedanke.
Ich weiß: dann wird Er, den ich oft geahnt,
Der unbekannte Gott mir still begegnen
Und auf die Stirn mir legen seine Hand
Und gütig mich mit seinem Frieden segnen.
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View original text (without footnotes)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 498.
1 a self-quotation from an earlier poem by Hesse (1898) called Geständnis.Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Vollendung", written 1901 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Rudolf Brömel (b. 1877), "Vollendung", published 1945-8 [ voice and piano ], from Hermann Hesse Lieder, no. 25 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Completion", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Accomplissement", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2014-08-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 111
Qui sont mes amis ?
Oiseaux migrateurs perdus sur l'océan,
Marins naufragés, troupeaux sans berger,
La nuit, le rêve, le vent sans patrie …1
Je le sais : il viendra un jour lointain
Où toutes les bonnes choses en moi prisonnières
De chaînes silencieuses, lasses et inactives
Aspireront à la lumière, à l'action et à la splendeur.
Je le sais : alors sera mort et passé
Le rêve hibernal fané dont je fus malade ,
Alors mon sommeil sera plein de doux réconfort,
Et mes pensées de savoirs transfigurés.
Je le sais : alors Celui que j'ai souvent pressenti,
Ce Dieu inconnu me rencontrera en silence,
Et sur mon front posera sa main
Et me bénira dans sa paix bienveillante.
1 citation d'un précédent poème de Hesse (1898) intitulé Geständnis (Confession).
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2017 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Vollendung", written 1901
This text was added to the website: 2017-05-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 118