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Morgen - was wird morgen sein? Trauer, Sorge, wenig Freude, Schweres Haupt, vergoßner Wein - Du sollst leben, schönes Heute! Ob die Zeit im schnellen Flug Wandelt ihren ewigen Reigen, Dieses Bechers voller Zug Ist unwandelbar mein eigen. Meiner losen Jugend Brand Lodert hoch in diesen Tagen. Tod, da hast du meine Hand, Willst du mich zu zwingen wagen?
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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 130.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Schönes Heute", written 1903 [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 Robert Maximilian Helmschrott (b. 1938), "Schönes Heute", published 1988 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Hesse-Lieder - Romantische Chorlieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Bell avui", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Beautiful today", copyright © 2019, (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: 2009-05-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 57
Tomorrow -- what shall be tomorrow? Sorrow, anxiety, little joy, Heavy head, spilled wine - You shall live, beautiful today! Though the time, in rapid flight, May pace out its eternal roundelay, The full draught of this goblet Is immutably my own. The flame of my wanton youth Blazes brightly in these days. Death, here you have my hand, Do you dare to try to compel me?
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2019 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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Schönes Heute", written 1903
This text was added to the website: 2019-02-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 65