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Da schon die Sonne sich verbarg Und in die fahlen Berge sank, Der rauhe Wind im gelben Park Mit Laub bedeckte Weg und Bank, Da sah ich dich und sahst du mich; Du rittest still dein dunkles Roß Und rittest still und feierlich Durch Wind und Blätterfall zum Schloß. Das war ein traurig Wiedersehn: Du rittest blaß und langsam fort, Ich blieb am hohen Gitter stehn, Es dunkelte, und keines sprach ein Wort.
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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 56.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Das Wiedersehen", written 1899 [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 Fritz Müller (1889 - 1949), "Das Wiedersehen", op. 1 no. 1, published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El retrobament", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Meeting again", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Les retrouvailles", 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: 2009-05-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 73
When the sun was already hiding itself And sinking into the pale mountains, [When] the rough wind in the yellow park Covered path and bench with leaves, I saw you and you saw me; Silently you rode your dark horse And rode silently and solemnly Through the wind and leaf-fall toward the castle. That was a sad meeting: Pale you rode away and slowly, I remained standing at the high railing, It grew dark, and neither of us spoke a word.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Das Wiedersehen", written 1899
This text was added to the website: 2017-08-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 81