Terra | Aquest és el terrible pes de la terra

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sometimes misattributed to Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962) and by Wilhelm von Scholz (1824 - 1893)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Erde

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Das ist der Erde furchtbares Gewicht:
gelang es dir, dich schwebend frei zu halten,
zu tauchen in das erdenfremde Licht,
dass sich die Meere unter dir gestalten,
winzig die Wolken unter dir verwehn,
und zitterst nicht --
so fliegt die Erde auf in deine Höhn.

Confirmed with Wilhelm von Scholz, Der Spiegel, zweite vermehrte Auflage, München und Leipzig: bei Georg Müller, 1908, page 176

Text Authorship:

sometimes misattributed to Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
by Wilhelm von Scholz (1824 - 1893), appears in Der Spiegel, in 4. De Profundis [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 Sándor Jemnitz (1890 - 1963), "Erde", op. 15 (Elf Lieder) no. 10, published 1922 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Terra", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Earth", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-08-22
Line count: 7
Word count: 44

Terra

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

Aquest és el terrible pes de la terra:
si reïxes a surar lliure d’ella,
a submergir-te en la llum aliena a la terra,
perquè sota teu es formin els mars,
diminuts, sota teu els núvols es dispersin,
i no tremoles –
així és com la terra volarà a la teva alçada.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2024 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) misattributed to Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962) and by Wilhelm von Scholz (1824 - 1893), appears in Der Spiegel, in 4. De Profundis
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This text was added to the website: 2024-11-16
Line count: 7
Word count: 51