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Schöne Verse einer Dame zu Ehren, Lustige Schwänke mit Worten, die silbern lachen, Abenteuer und Fabeln will ich euch lehren Von Helden, Frauen, Schwänen und bösen Drachen. Aber von jenen Dingen, Die in der Nacht aus dumpfem Traum Traurig und sehnlich steigen Und von denen allein zu singen Alle Saiten der Seele begehren, Von denen will ich euch lehren Zu schweigen.
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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 142.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Der Dichter", written 1905, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911 [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 Max Burchardt , "Der Dichter", 1913 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by August Reuss (1871 - 1935), "Der Dichter", op. 36 (Acht Lieder) no. 2, published <<1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El poeta", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The poet", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le poète", 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: 2007-05-23
Line count: 11
Word count: 61
I wish to teach you beautiful verses to honour a lady, Merry farces with words that laugh silverily, Adventures and fables Of heroes, women, swans and evil dragons. But of those things, Which in the night arise from a dull dream Sadly and yearningly, And of which alone to sing All the strings of my soul desire, About those I wish to teach you To keep silent.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Der Dichter", written 1905, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911
This text was added to the website: 2017-10-12
Line count: 11
Word count: 67