Neben dem Bach Den roten Weiden nach Haben in diesen Tagen Gelbe Blumen viel Ihre Goldaugen aufgeschlagen. Und mir, der längst aus der Unschuld fiel, Rührt sich Erinnerung im Grunde An meines Lebens goldene Morgenstunde Und sieht mich hell aus Blumenaugen an. Ich wollte Blumen brechen gehn; Nun lass ich sie alle stehn Und gehe heim, ein alter Mann.
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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 204.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Die ersten Blumen", written 1912 [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 Maria Bach (1896 - 1978), as Emilie Maria von Bach, "Die ersten Blumen", 1958 [ baritone and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Texten von H. Hesse, no. 2, Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans-Georg Burghardt (1909 - 1993), "Die ersten Blumen", op. 93 (Sieben ernste Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse) no. 5, published 1962 [ bass and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz-Otto Hoffmann (b. 1902), "Die ersten Blumen", 1932-47 [ voice and piano ], from 21 Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Elisabeth Picht , "Die ersten Blumen", 1960 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Willy Stärk (b. 1913), "Die ersten Blumen ", 1931 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (1903 - 1969), "Die ersten Blumen ", published 1970 [ baritone and piano ], from Hermann-Hesse-Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Les primeres flors", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The first flowers", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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