Lieder und Gesänge , opus 37

by Heinrich Pestalozzi (1878 - 1940)

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1. Auf Wanderung 
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Sei nicht traurig, bald ist es Nacht,
Da sehn wir über dem bleichen Land
Den kühlen Mond, wie er heimlich lacht
Und ruhen Hand in Hand.
 
Sei nicht traurig, bald kommt die Zeit,
Da haben wir Ruh. Unsre Kreuzlein stehen
Am hellen Straßenrande zu zweit,
Und es regnet und schneit,
Und die Winde kommen und gehen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Auf Wanderung", subtitle: "Dem Andenken Knulps", written 1907

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Upon a ramble", subtitle: "To the memory of Knulp", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "In cammino", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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2. Im Grase hingestreckt 
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Im Grase hingestreckt
Lausch ich der Halme zartem Wald,
Der flüstert wirr und hat mir bald
Den Himmel fast verdeckt.

Es kommt die Zeit heran,
Da weiß ich nichts von Leide mehr
Und schmerzt es heute noch so sehr,
Alsdann ist es vertan.

Dann kreist mein heißes Blut
Gekühlt und licht in Halm und Klee,
Und dieser Stunde grimmes Weh
Ist still, ist kühl, ist gut.

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  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Im Grase hingestreckt", written 1914

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Estirat a l'herba", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Stretched out in the grass", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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3. Die Nacht 
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Nacht ist mir so nah bekannt,
Wir können unsre Gedanken lesen,
Wir haben dasselbe Vaterland,
Wir sind vorzeiten Geschwister gewesen.
 
Und abermal um eine Zeit
Da wird sie mich so ganz umfangen!
Sie nickt, sie streichelt meine Wangen
Und fragt: bist du bereit?

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Die Nacht", subtitle: "(1907)", written 1907

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La nit", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Night", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La nuit", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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4. Es wird dir sonderbar erscheinen 
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es wird dir sonderbar erscheinen,
Daß ich zuweilen wie ein Knabe
Nicht schlafen kann vor lautem Weinen
Und bitterlich das Heimweh habe,
 
Und daß ich tagelang in Träumen
Hinschlendre mit geheimem Leid
An fremden, stillen Gartensäumen,
Gedenkend meiner Kinderzeit ...

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Es wird dir sonderbar erscheinen --", written 1900

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Et semblarà estrany", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "It will seem strange to you --", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Il te semblera étrange", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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5. Gondel
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Bläue über dir und Sonnenglut,
Unter dir die ewig stille Flut,
Auf dem schlanken, leichtbewegten Kiel
Trägst du Saitenklang und Liebesspiel.

Schwarz und ernst sind deine leichten Wände.
Süß, solang das frohe Heute loht,
Süß und seltsam ist der Traum vom Tod,
Von der Jugend und der Liebe Ende.

Meine jungen Jahre gleiten
Unbekannten Zielen zu
Durch beglänzte schöne Weiten,
Schlanke Gondel, rasch und leicht wie du.

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Góndola", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Gondole", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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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 130.


6. Wanderschaft
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Im Walde blüht der Seidelbast,
Im Graben liegt noch Schnee;
Das du mir heut' geschrieben hast,
Das Brieflein tat mir weh.

Jetzt schneid' ich einen Stab im Holz;
Ich weiß ein ander Land,
Da sind die Jungfern nicht so stolz
Dem Lieben abgewandt.

Im Walde blüht der Seidelbast,
Kein Brieflein tut mir weh,
Und das du mir geschrieben hast,
Schwimmt draußen auf dem See, 
Schwimmt draußen auf dem Bodensee, 
Ja draußen auf dem See.

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  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Randonnée", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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