Wieder fällt ein Blatt von meinem Baum, Wieder welkt von meinen Blumen eine, Wunderlich in ungewissem Scheine Grüßt mich meines Lebens wirrer Traum. Dunkel blickt die Leere rings mich an, Aber in der Wölbung Mitte lacht Ein Gestirn voll Trost durch alle Nacht, Nah und näher zieht es seine Bahn. Guter Stern, der meine Nacht versüßt, Den mein Schicksal nah und näher zieht, Fühlst du, wie mein Herz mit stummem Lied Dir entgegenharrt und dich begrüßt? Sieh, noch ist voll Einsamkeit mein Blick, Langsam nur darf ich zu dir erwachen, Darf ich wieder weinen, wieder lachen Und vertrauen dir und dem Geschick.
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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 285.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Der Geliebten", written 1924 [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 , "Der Geliebten", 1948? [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Der Geliebten ", op. 42a no. 10 (1977) [ medium voice and piano ], from Stufen - Hesse-Lieder 1977 für mittlere Singstimme, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A l'estimada", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To my beloved", copyright © 2016, (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: 2009-05-06
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