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Uns ist kein Sein vergönnt. Wir sind nur Strom, Wir fließen willig allen Formen ein: Dem Tag, der Nacht, der Höhle und dem Dom, Wir gehn hindurch, uns treibt der Durst nach Sein. So füllen Form um Form wir ohne Rast, Und keine wird zur Heimat uns, zum Glück, zur Not, Stets sind wir unterwegs, stets sind wir Gast, Uns ruft nicht Feld noch Pflug, uns wächst kein Brot. Wir wissen nicht, wie Gott es mit uns meint, Er spielt mit uns, dem Ton in seiner Hand, Der stumm und bildsam ist, nicht lacht noch weint, Der wohl geknetet wird, doch nie gebrannt. Einmal zu Stein erstarren! Einmal dauern! Danach ist unsre Sehnsucht ewig rege, Und bleibt doch ewig nur ein banges Schauern, Und wird doch nie zur Rast auf unsrem Wege.
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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, pages 328-329.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Klage", written 1934 [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 Ulrich Hesse (1908 - 1959), "Klage" [ men's chorus, 2 horns, and strings ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Krause (b. 1889), "Klage", op. 30 no. 6, published 1962 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Lament", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Lament", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2014-10-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 132
No ens ha estat atorgat el ser. Només som un riu, fluïm en qualsevol forma: el dia, la nit, una cova o una catedral, travessem pel mig, ens empeny la set de ser. I així omplim forma darrere forma sense parar, i cap d’elles esdevé la nostra pàtria, la felicitat, la fretura, sempre estem de camí, sempre som hostes, no ens criden el camp ni l’arada, el pa no creix en nosaltres. No sabem el que Déu pensa de nosaltres, som les seves joguines, argila a les seves mans, que és muda i dúctil, no riu ni plora, es pasta fàcilment però mai es crema. Petrificar-se per una vegada! Poder durar! Aquest és el nostre etern desig, però eternament resta només un neguitós calfred, i no hi ha mai repòs al nostre camí.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2023 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), "Klage", written 1934
This text was added to the website: 2023-03-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 133