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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Traurig lehnst du dein Gesicht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Traurig lehnst du dein Gesicht
Übers Laub, dem Tod ergeben,
Atmest geisterhaftes Licht,
Lässest bleiche Träume schweben.

Aber innig wie Gesang,
Weht im letzten leisen Schimmer,
Noch den ganzen Abend lang
Dein geliebter Duft durchs Zimmer.

Deine kleine Seele wirbt
Ängstlich um das Namenlose,
Und sie lächelt, und sie stirbt
Mir am Herzen, Schwester Rose.

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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 207.


Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Weiße Rose in der Dämmerung", written 1915 [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 Franz Bauer , "Weiße Rose in der Dämmerung", 1943-8 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Heinz-Otto Hoffmann (b. 1902), "Weiße Rose in der Dämmerung", 1932-47 [ voice and piano ], from 21 Lieder, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Lothar Hundertmark (1902 - 1985), as Mark Lothar, "Weiße Rose in der Dämmerung", op. 2 (Lieder) no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Max Kowalski (1882 - 1956), "Weiße Rose in der Dämmerung", op. 14 no. 3, published 1931 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hans Kracke (1910 - 1989), "Weiße Rose in der Dämmerung", 1943 [ low male voice and piano ], from Musik des Einsamen, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Krause (b. 1889), "Weiße Rose in der Dämmerung", op. 15 no. 1, published 1958 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hans-Hermann Kurig (1914 - 2002), "Weiße Rose in der Dämmerung" [ voice and piano ], from Trost der Nacht - Ein Zyklus in fünf Liedern nach Worten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Wilhelm Lache , "Weiße Rose in der Dämmerung ", 1950 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Theophil Laitenberger (1903 - 1996), "Weiße Rose in der Dämmerung", c1947 [ tenor and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für Tenor zu Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by A. Link , "Weiße Rose" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Otto Maurer (1898 - 1959), "Weiße Rose in der Dämmerung " [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johannes Nørgaard (b. 1916), "Weiße Rose in der Dämmerung ", <<1961 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran aus: Hermann Hesse, "Vom Baum des Lebens" und "Musik des Einsamen", no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Weiße Rose in der Dämmerung ", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (1903 - 1969), "Weiße Rose in der Dämmerung ", published 1970 [ baritone and piano ], from Hermann-Hesse-Lieder, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by F. Willi , "Weiße Rose in der Dämmerung" [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-05-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 55

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