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Der Wind weht über den Wald, Wir sitzen im Wald in der Nacht, Der rote Wein in den Gläsern lacht, Unser Gesang in den Wipfeln hallt. Im Waldkeller liegt der Wein -- Wo sind die Reben, die einst geblüht?! Ihr erloschenes Sommerfeuer glüht Aus dem dunklen Keller in uns hinein. Bald liegen auch wir und sind tot, Haben Erde in Mund und Hand. Aber die Flamme, die uns gebrannt, Brennt weiter und [flackert]1 rot.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 263.
1 Siegl: "flammet"Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Zechen im Waldkeller", written 1919 [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 Otto Siegl (1896 - 1978), "Tessiner Weinkeller im Wald" [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2014-05-26
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Word count: 74
El vent bufa damunt el bosc, a la nit nosaltres seiem al bosc, el vi negre riu a les copes, els nostres cants ressonen a les capçades. Al celler hi ha el vi – on són els ceps que un dia floriren?! El seu foc estival ja extingit fulgura des del fosc celler cap a nosaltres. Aviat nosaltres també estarem morts, tindrem terra a la boca i a les mans. Però la flama que era a dins nostre seguirà cremant i flamejant vermella.
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Translations of titles:
"Tessiner Weinkeller im Wald" = "Celler en un bosc al Ticino"
"Zechen im Waldkeller" = "Beure en un celler al bosc"
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2026 by Salvador Pila, (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), "Zechen im Waldkeller", written 1919
This text was added to the website: 2026-01-04
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Word count: 83