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Die sanfte Wiese flieht In einem runden Schwung zum Tal. Oben ist alles noch kahl, Im Grunde aber blüht Enzian Und helles Primelgold. Das rührt mich wie ein Lied Mit Engelhänden an, Ist wie ein Mädchenlied so licht und hold. Schmerzen schweigen, das alte Leid Sinkt in Traum und Vergessenheit Für einen Tag, Für einen Tag im Jahr. O, es ist wunderbar, Was der Frühling vermag.
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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 143.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Die sanfte Wiese", written 1910, appears in Licht und Schatten, 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 Hugo Daffner (1882 - 1936), "Frühling", published 1913 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Willy Hess (1906 - 1997), "Die sanfte Wiese", op. 39 no. 1 (1944?), published 1954 [ medium voice and piano ], from Drei Frühlingsgesänge, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-04
Line count: 14
Word count: 66
The gentle meadow flows In a curved sweep toward the valley. On high everything is still bare, In the depths, however, bloom gentians And the bright gold of primroses. That touches me with angelic hands Like a song. It is as light and lovely as the song of a maiden. Pains fall silent, the old sorrow Sinks into dream and oblivion For one day, For one day of the year. Oh it is wonderful What spring can do.
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Translations of title(s):
"Frühling" = "Spring"
"Die sanfte Wiese" = "The gentle meadow"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Die sanfte Wiese", written 1910, appears in Licht und Schatten, first published 1911
This text was added to the website: 2018-01-19
Line count: 14
Word count: 78