Ich bin auch in Ravenna gewesen, Ist eine kleine, tote Stadt, Die Kirchen und viel Ruinen hat, Man kann davon in den Büchern lesen. Du gehst hindurch und schaust dich um, Die Straßen sind so trüb und naß Und sind so tausendjährig stumm, Und überall wächst Moos und Gras! Das ist wie alte Lieder sind, Man hört sie an und keiner lacht Ein jeder lauscht und jeder sinnt Hernach daran bis in die Nacht.
Sieben Gedichte von Hermann Hesse
Song Cycle by Franz Krause (1889 - ?)
1. Ravenna  [sung text checked 1 time]
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1901, appears in Unterwegs, in Ravenna (1901), no. 1, first published 1911
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2. Fiesole  [sung text checked 1 time]
Über mir im Blauen reisen Wolken, die mich heimwärts weisen. Heimwärts in die namenlose Ferne, In das Land des Friedens und der Sterne. Heimat! Soll ich deine blauen Schönen Ufer niemals schauen? Dennoch ist mir, hier im Süden müßten Nah sein und erreichbar deine Küsten.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Fiesole", written 1901, first published <<1915
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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3. Frühling  [sung text checked 1 time]
Wieder schreitet er den braunen Pfad Von den stürmeklaren Berge nieder, Wieder quellen, wo der Schöne naht, Liebe Blumen auf und Vogellieder. Wieder auch verführt er meinen Sinn, Daß in dieser zart erblühten Reine Mir die Erde, deren Gast ich bin, Eigentum und holde Heimat scheine.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Frühling", subtitle: "(Mai 1907)", written 1907
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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4. Schmetterling  [sung text checked 1 time]
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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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- 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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View original text (without footnotes)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 307-308.
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5. Nächtlicher Weg  [sung text checked 1 time]
Schuh um Schuh im Finstern setz ich, Nacht umgibt mich sanft und groß, An betauter Mauer netz ich Hand und Stirn im feuchten Moos. Dunkel gegen Luft und Sterne Wiegt sich der Akazienbaum, Lichter blitzen in der Ferne, Doch die Nähe ahn ich kaum. Liebe zieht am Zauberfaden Alle Ferne mir ans Herz, Pol-Stern rufen und Plejaden Ihren Bruder himmelwärts. Aller Welt bin ich verbunden, Allem Leben aufgetan, Habe neu die Bahn gefunden, Die mich hält im Weltenplan.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Nächtlicher Weg", written 1920
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Nighttime pathway", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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6. Klage  [sung text checked 1 time]
Uns ist kein Sein vergönnt. Wir sind nur Strom, Wir fließen willig allen Formen ein: Dem Tag, der Nacht, der Höhle und dem Dom, Wir gehn hindurch, uns treibt der Durst nach Sein. So füllen Form um Form wir ohne Rast, Und keine wird zur Heimat uns, zum Glück, zur Not, Stets sind wir unterwegs, stets sind wir Gast, Uns ruft nicht Feld noch Pflug, uns wächst kein Brot. Wir wissen nicht, wie Gott es mit uns meint, Er spielt mit uns, dem Ton in seiner Hand, Der stumm und bildsam ist, nicht lacht noch weint, Der wohl geknetet wird, doch nie gebrannt. Einmal zu Stein erstarren! Einmal dauern! Danach ist unsre Sehnsucht ewig rege, Und bleibt doch ewig nur ein banges Schauern, Und wird doch nie zur Rast auf unsrem Wege.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Klage", written 1934
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7. Das Glasperlenspiel  [sung text checked 1 time]
Musik des Weltalls und Musik der Meister Sind wir bereit in Ehrfurcht anzuhören, Zu reiner Feier die verehrten Geister Begnadeter Zeiten zu beschwören. Wir lassen vom Geheimnis uns erheben Der magischen Formelschrift, in deren Bann Das Uferlose, Stürmende, das Leben Zu klaren Gleichnissen gerann. Sternbildern gleich ertönen sie kristallen, In ihrem Dienst ward unserm Leben Sinn, Und keiner kann aus ihren Kreisen fallen Als nach der heiligen Mitte hin.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Das Glasperlenspiel", written 1933
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SAN Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , "काचमणिक्रीडा", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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