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[Abendwindes Lallen]1 Klagt erstickt im Laub, Schwere Tropfen fallen Einzeln in den Staub. Aus den mürben Mauern Moos und Farne quellen, Alte Leute kauern Schweigend auf [den Schwellen.]2 Krumme Hände lasten Still auf [steifen]3 Knien, Geben sich dem Rasten Und Verwelken hin. Überm Friedhof flügeln Krähen [schwer]4 und groß. Auf den flachen Hügeln Wuchert Farn und Moos.
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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 392.
1 Märki: "Abendwinde lallen"2 Märki: "der Schwelle"
3 Märki: "steilen"
4 Märki: "schwarz"
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Müder Abend", written 1960 [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 Franz Krause (b. 1889), "Müder Abend", op. 46 no. 4, published 1967 [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Märki (b. 1901), "Abend in Sils-Maria", published 1961 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wolfgang Nening (b. 1966), "Müder Abend ", 2004/5 [ medium voice and piano ], from 4 Lieder nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 61
[The babbling of the evening winds Laments]1, suffocated, in the foliage, Heavy drops fall Singly into the dust. From the crumbling walls Moss and ferns well forth, Old folks are cowering Silently upon the [thresholds.]2 Bent hands rest heavily [and] Quietly upon [stiff]3 knees, Giving themselves up to resting And to withering. Above the graveyard soar Crows, [heavy]4 and large. Upon the flat hills Ferns and mosses grow rampantly.
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"Müder Abend" = "Weary evening"
"Abend in Sils-Maria" = "Evening in Sils-Maria"
2 Märki: "threshold"
3 Märki: "steeply pitched"
4 Märki: "black"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Müder Abend", written 1960
This text was added to the website: 2017-10-31
Line count: 16
Word count: 74