An meine Schulter lehne Dein schweres Haupt, und schweige Und koste jeder Träne Wehsüße, lasse Neige. Es werden Tage kommen, Da du nach diesen Tränen Verdürstend und beklommen Dich wirst vergebens sehnen.
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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 92.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1900, appears in Meiner Liebe, no. 1 [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 Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "An meine Schulter lehne", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "An meine Schulter lehne ", 1950 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Recolza a la meva espatlla", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Upon my shoulder lean", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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