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Sonne krankt, Gebirge kauert, Schwarze Wetterwolkenwand Mit geduckten Kräften lauert, Niedrig flatten scheue Vögel, Graue Schatten übers Land. Donner, lange schon zu hören, Poltert lauter los und klingt Herrlich auf zu Paukenchören, Draus trompetenhell und golden Blitz um Blitz den Schwall durchdringt. Regen stürzt in dichten Güssen Gläsern, kalt und silberfahl, Rennt in Bächen, rauscht in Flüssen Wild wie lang verhaltenes Schluchzen Nieder ins erschreckte Tal.
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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 384.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Gewitter im Juni", written 1953 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Fried Walter (1907 - 1996), "Gewitter im Juni", 1977 [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Sechs Lieder aus dem Tessin durch die Jahreszeiten, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Tempesta al juny", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Thunderstorm in June", copyright © 2018, (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: 2009-06-17
Line count: 15
Word count: 66
The sun is ailing, the mountains cower, A black bank of thunder clouds Is lowering with suppressed strength, Shy birds flutter low, Grey shadows upon the land. Thunder, already audible for quite some time, Begins to crash more loudly and Gloriously swells to choirs of tympani, Outdoors bright and golden as trumpets Lightning flash upon lightning flash penetrates the torrent. Rain plunges down in thick showers Glassy, cold and silvery pale, Runs in streams, rushes in rivers Wildly, like long-suppressed sobbing, Down into the startled valley.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Gewitter im Juni", written 1953
This text was added to the website: 2018-06-18
Line count: 15
Word count: 86