Sol de març | Èbria de la primerenca fulgor

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Märzsonne

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Trunken von früher Glut
Taumelt ein gelber Falter.
Sitzend am Fenster ruht
Schläfrig gebückt ein Alter.

Singend durchs Frühlingslaub
Ist er einst ausgezogen.
So vieler Straßen Staub
hat sein Haar überflogen.

Zwar der blühende Baum
Und die Falter, die gelben
Scheinen gealtert kaum,
Scheinen heut noch dieselben.

Doch es sind Farbe und Duft
Dünner geworden und leerer,
Kühler das Licht und die Luft
Strenger zu atmen und schwerer.

Frühling summt bienenleis
Seine Gesänge, die holden.
Himmel schwingt blau und weiß,
Falter entflattern golden.

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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 381-382.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Märzsonne", written 1948 [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 Jürgen Golle (b. 1942), "Märzsonne", published 1970 [ five-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from An den Frühling - Vier Madrigale, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Fried Walter (1907 - 1996), "Märzsonne", 1977 [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Sechs Lieder aus dem Tessin durch die Jahreszeiten, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Sol de març", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "March sunshine", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-06
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Word count: 83

Sol de març

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

Èbria de la primerenca fulgor,
una papallona groga vacil·la.
Assegut a la finestra i reposant,
un vell fa capcinades.

Cantant a través del fullam de primavera
antany ell va marxar.
La pols de molts carrers
ha sobrevolat pels seus cabells.

Certament, els arbres florits
i les papallones, les grogues,
no semblen haver envellit,
semblen avui encara els mateixos.

Però els colors i les flaires
han esdevingut més febles i vacus,
més freda la llum i l’aire
més penós per respirar i més feixuc.

La primavera brunzeix, fluixet com una abella,
els seus cants, encisadors.
El cel oscil·la entre el blau i el blanc,
les papallones esvoleteguen daurades.

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Märzsonne", written 1948
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This text was added to the website: 2025-05-27
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