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Leg mir aufs Haar Die Hand; schwer ist mein Haupt, Was meine Jugend war, Hast du geraubt. Unwiederbringlich ist dahin Der Jugend Glanz, der Freude Born, Der mir so unerschöpflich golden schien, Und überblieben Weh und Zorn Und Nächte, Nächte ohne End, In denen wild und fieberheiß Der alten Liebeslüste Kreis Mein waches Träumen wund durchrennt. Nur noch in Stunden seltner Rast Tritt manchmal meine Jugend her Zu mir, ein scheuer, blasser Gast, Und stöhnt, und macht das Herz mir schwer ... Leg mir aufs Haar Die Hand; schwer ist mein Haupt. Was meine Jugend war, Hast du geraubt.
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Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1900, appears in Meiner Liebe, no. 2 [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):
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , no title, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-06-02
Line count: 20
Word count: 98
Place upon my hair Your hand; my head is heavy; Of that which was my youth You have robbed me. Irretrievably gone is The radiance of youth, the wellspring of joy, Which seemed to me so inexhaustibly golden, And what is left is pain and rage And nights, nights without end, In which, wild and hot with fever, The old round of love’s joys Runs wounded through my waking dreams. Only in hours of rare rest My youth sometimes steps up To me, a shy, pale guest, And moans, and makes my heart heavy . . . Place upon my hair Your hand; my head is heavy; Of that which was my youth You have robbed me.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1900, appears in Meiner Liebe, no. 2
This text was added to the website: 2018-02-28
Line count: 20
Word count: 117