by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Translation © by Salvador Pila

Konzert
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG
Die Geigen schwirren hoch und weich,
Das Horn klagt aus der Tiefe her,
Die Damen glitzern bunt und reich
Und Lichtgefunkel drüber her.

Ich schließe meine Augen still:
Ich sehe einen Baum im Schnee,
Der steht allein, hat was er will,
Sein eigen Glück, sein eigen Weh.

Beklommen geh ich aus dem Saal
Und hinter mir der Lärm verklingt
Von halber Lust, von halber Qual --
Mir blieb er unbeschwingt.

Ich suche meinen Baum im Schnee,
Ich möchte haben, was er hat,
Mein eigen Glück, mein eigen Weh,
Das macht die Seele satt.

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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 245.


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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Concert", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Concert", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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Concert
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Els violins sonen aguts i suaus,
la trompa es plany en el registre baix,
les dames llueixen, acolorides i riques,
i un llambreig de llums al damunt.

Tranquil, tanco els ulls:
veig un arbre en la neu,
està tot sol, té tot el que desitja,
la seva pròpia felicitat, la seva pròpia pena.

Angoixat, surto de la sala
i darrere meu el soroll es deixa de sentir,
meitat goig, meitat turment –
no m’havia pas entusiasmat.

Cerco el meu arbre en la neu,
voldria tenir el que ell té,
la meva pròpia felicitat, la meva pròpia pena,
això és el que satisfà l’ànima.

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This text was added to the website: 2025-03-28
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