La màgia dels colors | L’hàlit de Déu aquí i allà

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Magie der Farben

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Gottes Atem hin und wider,
Himmel oben, Himmel unten, 
Licht singt tausendfache Lieder,
Gott wird Welt im farbig Bunten. 

Weiß zu Schwarz und Warm zum Kühlen
Fühlt sich immer neu gezogen,
Ewig aus chaotischem Wühlen
Klärt sich neu der Regenbogen. 

So durch unsre Seele wandelt
Tausendfalt in Qual und Wonne
Gottes Licht, erschafft und handelt,
Und wir preisen Ihn als Sonne.

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Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Magie der Farben", written 1918, appears in Gedichte des Malers, no. 1 [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 Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Magie der Farben", op. 41 no. 9 [ high voice and piano ], from Wanderung - Eine Liederfolge für hohe Stimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Magie der Farben", op. 44 (Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse) no. 2 (1929), published 1931 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La màgia dels colors", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The magic of colours", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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La màgia dels colors

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

L’hàlit de Déu aquí i allà,
a dalt del cel, dessota el cel,
llum que canta mil vegades cançons,
Déu esdevé món en variats colors.

Blanc vers negre i càlid vers fred
se senten sempre de nou atrets,
eternament, de caòtics renous
s’il·lumina de nou l’arc del cel.

Així, a través de la nostra ànima,
la llum de Déu es transforma mil vegades
en turment i joia, crea i actua,
i nosaltres el lloem com un sol.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2025 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), "Magie der Farben", written 1918, appears in Gedichte des Malers, no. 1
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This text was added to the website: 2025-05-23
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Word count: 77