Herbst will es werden allerwärts. Ob Astern auch und Georginen Im Garten glühn mit Freudemienen, Sie tragen doch geheimen Schmerz. Die Abendberge träumen nun So gold und rot am blauen Bande, Als wär es rings im weiten Lande Um lauter Glanz und Luft zu tun. Auch meine Träume schmücken sich Und summen liebe Jugendweisen Und tun bekränzte Heimatreisen Und blicken still und feierlich. Und dennoch weiß mein tiefster Sinn: Von meines Lebens Sonnenzeiten Ist wieder eine im Entgleiten Und heute, morgen schon dahin.
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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 161-162.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), title 1: "Neige des Sommers", title 2: "September", subtitle: "(1907)", written 1907, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911 [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 René Matthes (1897 - 1967), "September", published 1954 [ chorus of three equal voices a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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