Daß du bei mir magst weilen,
Wo doch mein Leben dunkel ist
Und draußen Sterne eilen
Und alles voll Gefunkel ist,
Daß du in dem Getriebe
Des Lebens eine Mitte weißt,
Macht dich und deine Liebe
Für mich zum guten Geist.
In meinem Dunkel ahnst du
Den so verborgnen Stern.
Mit deiner Liebe mahnst du
Mich an des Lebens süßen Kern.
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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 311-312.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Per a Ninon", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "For Ninon", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 61
Que vulguis romandre amb mi
on, després de tot, fosca és la meva vida
i, a fora, les estrelles s’apressen
i tot espurneja,
que tu, en l’enrenou
de la vida sàpigues trobar un centre,
fa que tu i el teu amor
sigueu un esperit benigne per a mi.
En la meva foscor albires
l’estrella que és tan oculta.
Amb el teu amor em recordes
la dolça essència de la vida.
