Die mir noch gestern glühten, Sind heut dem Tod geweiht, Blüten fallen um Blüten Vom Baum der Traurigkeit. Ich seh sie fallen, fallen Wie Schnee auf meinen Pfad, Die Schritte nicht mehr hallen, Das lange Schweigen naht. Der Himmel hat nicht Sterne, Das Herz nicht Liebe mehr, Es schweigt die graue Ferne, Die Welt ward alt und leer. Wer kann sein Herz behüten In dieser bösen Zeit? Es fallen Blüten um Blüten Vom Baum der Traurigkeit.
Sechs Lieder , opus 112
by Hermann Ruck (1897 - 1983)
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1. Traurigkeit [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: German (Deutsch)
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Traurigkeit", written 1944
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Tristor", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sadness", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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2. Oktober [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: German (Deutsch)
In ihrem [schönsten]1 Kleide Stehn alle Bäume gelb und rot, Sie sterben einen leichten Tod, Sie wissen nichts von Leide. Herbst, kühle mir das heiße Herz, Daß es gelinder schlage Und still durch goldene Tage Hinüberspiele winterwärts.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Oktober", subtitle: "(1908)", written 1908
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- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "十月", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "October", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Octobre", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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1 Ruck: "schönen"3. Blauer Schmetterling [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Flügelt ein kleiner blauer Falter vom Wind geweht, Ein perlmutterner Schauer, Glitzert, flimmert, vergeht. So mit Augenblicksblinken, So im Vorüberwehn Sah ich das Glück mir winken, Glitzern, flimmern, [vergehn]1.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Blauer Schmetterling", written 1927
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- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (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) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Gianni Franceschi) , "Farfalla blu", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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1 Schoeck: "verwehn"4. Sommerabend [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Fingerlein schreibt ein Gedicht, Magnolie bleich schaut zum Fenster herein, Im Glas funkelt dunkel der Abendwein, Spiegelt der Geliebten Haar und Gesicht. Sommernacht hat ihre dünnen Sterne verstreut, Jugendgedächtnis duftet im mondhellen Laub . . . Bald, mein Fingerlein, sind wir Moder und Staub, Übermorgen - morgen - vielleicht noch heut.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Sommerabend", written 1927
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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5. Ich habe wenig Lieder [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ich habe wenig Lieder In meinem Leben gemacht, Ich singe sie mir und den Mädchen Am Brunnen in der Nacht. Das eine von der Jugend, Die rot unbändig blüht Und nach Streit und Abenteuer In ewiger Sehnsucht glüht. Das andere von den warmen Nächten der Sommerzeit Und von allen schönen Weibern, Um die ich geweint und gefreit. Das dritte sing' ich zur Geige In jeder fremden Stadt, Vom Heimweh des Zigeuners, Der keine Heimat hat.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Lieder", written 1902
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Songs", 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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6. Flötenspiel [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ein Haus bei Nacht durch Strauch und Baum Ein [Fenster leise schimmern]1 ließ, Und dort im unsichtbaren Raum Ein Flötenspieler stand und blies. Es war ein Lied so altbekannt, Es floß so gütig in die Nacht, Als wäre Heimat jedes Land, Als wäre jeder Weg vollbracht. Es war der Welt geheimer Sinn In seinem Atem offenbart, Und willig gab das Herz sich hin Und alle Zeit ward Gegenwart.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Flötenspiel", written 1940
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1 Wetzel: "rotes Fenster glühen"