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Da schon die Sonne sich verbarg Und in die fahlen Berge sank, Der rauhe Wind im gelben Park Mit Laub bedeckte Weg und Bank, Da sah ich dich und sahst du mich; Du rittest still dein dunkles Roß Und rittest still und feierlich Durch Wind und Blätterfall zum Schloß. Das war ein traurig Wiedersehn: Du rittest blaß und langsam fort, Ich blieb am hohen Gitter stehn, Es dunkelte, und keines sprach ein Wort.
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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 56.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Das Wiedersehen", written 1899 [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 Fritz Müller (1889 - 1949), "Das Wiedersehen", op. 1 no. 1, published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El retrobament", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Meeting again", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Les retrouvailles", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 73
Alors que déjà le soleil se voilait Et s'abîmait dans les montagnes blafardes, Que dans le parc le vent âpre Recouvrait de feuilles sentiers et bancs, Alors je te vis et tu me vis ; Tu montais en silence ton alezan foncé Et tu chevauchais, calme et hiératique, Dans le vent et la chute des feuilles, vers le château. C'étaient de tristes retrouvailles : Blême, tu poursuivis ta course lentement, Je restai planté à la haute grille, La nuit tombait et personne ne dit mot.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Pierre Mathé, (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), "Das Wiedersehen", written 1899
This text was added to the website: 2013-02-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 83