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Wie haben sie dich, Baum, verschnitten, Wie stehst du fremd und sonderbar! Wie hast du hundertmal gelitten, Bis nichts in dir als Trotz und Wille war! Ich bin wie du, mit dem verschnittnen, Gequälten Leben brach ich nicht Und tauche täglich aus durchlittnen Roheiten neu die Stirn ins Licht. Was in mir weich und zart gewesen, Hat mir die Welt zu Tod gehöhnt, Doch unzerstörbar ist mein Wesen, Ich bin zufrieden, bin versöhnt, Geduldig neue Blätter treib ich Aus Ästen hundertmal zerspellt, Und allem Weh zu Trotze bleib ich Verliebt in die verrückte Welt.
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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 269-270.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Gestutzte Eiche", written 1919, appears in Gedichte des Malers, no. 9 [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 Franz Krause (b. 1889), "Gestutzte Eiche", op. 38 no. 7, published 1964 [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Werner Kuck (1891 - ?), "Gestutzte Eiche ", op. 43 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans-Hermann Kurig (1914 - 2002), "Gestutzte Eiche ", 1952 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Gestutzte Eiche", op. 67b (1953), first performed 1954 [ men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Stöcklin , "Gestutzte Eiche", 1955 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El roure esporgat", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Pruned oak", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 94
Oh arbre, com t’han mutilat, que diferent i estrany sembles! Com has sofert cent vegades fins que no et restà res més que obstinació i voluntat! Jo sóc com tu, amb la meva mutilada, torturada vida no he defallit, i de les brutalitats que he sofert banyo de nou cada dia el meu front en la llum. Tot el que en mi era delicat i tendre, el món ho ha del tot escarnit, però indestructible és el meu ésser, estic satisfet, estic reconciliat, amb paciència trec noves fulles de branques cent cops estellades, i malgrat tots els dolors resto enamorat d’aquest foll món.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2025 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Gestutzte Eiche", written 1919, appears in Gedichte des Malers, no. 9
This text was added to the website: 2025-01-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 103