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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Es wird dir sonderbar erscheinen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Es wird dir sonderbar erscheinen,
Daß ich zuweilen wie ein Knabe
Nicht schlafen kann vor lautem Weinen
Und bitterlich das Heimweh habe,
 
Und daß ich tagelang in Träumen
Hinschlendre mit geheimem Leid
An fremden, stillen Gartensäumen,
Gedenkend meiner Kinderzeit ...

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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 70.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Es wird dir sonderbar erscheinen --", 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 Manfred Frischknecht (b. 1937), "Es wird dir sonderbar erscheinen", 1954 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Heinrich Pestalozzi (1878 - 1940), "Es wird dir sonderbar erscheinen ", op. 37 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 4 (1923), published <<1934 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Es wird dir sonderbar erscheinen ", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Et semblarà estrany", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "It will seem strange to you --", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Il te semblera étrange", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 39

It will seem strange to you ‑‑

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

It will seem strange to you
That now and then I, like a boy,
Cannot sleep for loud weeping
And bitterly suffer from homesickness,

And that, with secret suffering,
For days I drift about in dreams
Along unfamiliar, quiet garden edges,
Thinking of my childhood ...

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2018 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Es wird dir sonderbar erscheinen --", written 1900
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-19
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Word count: 45