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Ich reite stumm aus dem Turnier, Ich trage aller Siege Namen. Ich neige mich vor dem Balkon der Damen Tief. Aber keine winkt mir nach. Ich singe zu der Harfe Ton, Aus der die tiefen Laute steigen, Alle Harfner lauschen und schweigen, Aber die holden Frauen sind entflohen. In meines Wappen schwarzem Feld Sind hundert Kränze aufgehangen, Die gold von hundert Siegen prangen. Aber der Kranz der Liebe fehlt. An meinem Sarge werden sich bücken Ritter und Sänger und werden ihn Mit Lorbeer bedecken und bleichem Jasmin, Aber keine Rose wird ihn schmücken.
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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 66.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Der schwarze Ritter", written 1900 [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 Herbert Brust (1900 - 1968), "Der schwarze Ritter", op. 81 no. 5, published 1951 [ baritone and piano ], from Musik des Einsamen, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Maux (1893 - 1971), "Der schwarze Ritter ", op. 159 (1925), published 1935 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Preis , "Der schwarze Ritter " [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El cavaller negre", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The black knight", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le chevalier noir", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 93
Mutely I ride out of the tournament, I bear the names of all victories. I bow before the balcony of the ladies -- Deeply. But not one of them waves to me. I sing to the sounds of the harp From which the deep tones rise; All the harpers listen and fall silent, But the lovely ladies have departed. In the black field of my coat of arms There hang a hundred wreaths, Golden they boast of a hundred victories, But the wreath of love is missing. At my coffin there shall bow Knights and singers and shall Cover it with laurel and pale jasmine, But no rose shall adorn it.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Der schwarze Ritter", written 1900
This text was added to the website: 2017-10-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 110