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Ich habe keinen Kranz ersiegt Und keinen weiten Weg gemacht. Wie kommt es, daß die frühe Nacht So müd und schläfernd vor mir liegt? Ein Bündlein Lieder liegt vor mir, Mein ganzes Tun, mein ganzes Gut. Sind jugendschlank und gliederzier Und jeder Vers ist rotes Blut. Ich habe keinen Kranz ersiegt Und keinen weiten Weg gemacht. Wie kommt es, daß die frühe Nacht So müd und schläfernd vor mir liegt?
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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 55.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Wie kommt es?", written 1899, first published 1899/1902 [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 Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Wie kommt es?" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Wie kommt es?", 1949 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Com és?", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "How does it happen?", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Comment se fait-il ?", 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 between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 70
Je n'ai conquis aucune couronne Et pas fait un long parcours. Comment se fait-il que la nuit naissante Se présente à moi si lasse et endormie ? J'ai devant moi un petit bouquet de chansons, Toute mon œuvre, tout mon bien. De la jeunesse elles ont la maigreur et l'attrait des membres, Et chaque vers est rouge sang. Je n'ai conquis aucune couronne Et pas fait un long parcours. Comment se fait-il que la nuit naissante Se présente à moi si lasse et endormie ?
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- 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), "Wie kommt es?", written 1899, first published 1899/1902
This text was added to the website: 2017-06-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 83