Fünf Lieder für Alt nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse

Ich habe nichts mehr zu sagen,
Ich habe alles gesagt.
Nun will ich klingend zum letzten Takt
Meine gute Geige zerschlagen.

Zerschlagen -- und wandern wieder
Ins Land, woher ich kam,
Wo ich in Jugendtagen vernahm
Den Traum vom Lied der Lieder.

Ihn träumen will ich wieder
Abseits und ganz allein --
Es muß voll tiefen Friedens sein,
Der Traum vom Lied der Lieder.

Text Authorship:

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Ich habe nichts mehr . . .", written 1899, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in An die Schönheit, in Der Geiger, no. 6, first published 1919

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• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "I have nothing more . . .", 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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Wie das so seltsam traurig macht:
Ein Gang durch eine fremde Stadt,
Die liegt und schläft in stiller Nacht
Und mondbeglänzte Dächer hat. 

Und über Turm und Giebel reist
Der Wolken wunderliche Flucht 
Still und gewaltig wie ein Geist, 
Der heimatlos nach Heimat sucht.

Du aber, plötzlich übermannt, 
Ergibst dem wehen Zauber dich 
Und legst dein Bündel aus der Hand 
Und weinest lang und bitterlich.

Text Authorship:

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Fremde Stadt", written 1901, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Von Wanderungen, first published 1919

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• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Ciutat desconeguda", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Unfamiliar city", copyright © 2021, (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 97.

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Hallo, nun brennt mir wieder
Die Sonne auf den Hut,
Und jüngt mir alle Glieder
Und heizt mein träges Blut.

Ihr Burschen und ihr Frauen
Im Land Italia,
Ich werde euch wiederschauen,
Ich bin euch selig nah.

Ihr Bursche, nun will ich zechen
Mit euch den schwarzen Wein
Und wieder bei Singen und Stechen
Euch Kamerade sein.

Ihr Frauen von Rom und Venedig,
Nun fallet mir um den Hals,
Ich bin noch so jung und ledig
Und lustig wie ehemals!

Text Authorship:

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Jenseits des Sankt Gotthard", written 1901, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Süden, first published 1919

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• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Beyond St. Gotthard’s Pass", 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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Über den Himmel Wolken ziehn,
Über die Felder geht der Wind,
Über die Felder wandert
Meiner Mutter verlorenes Kind.

Über die Straße Blätter wehn,
Über den Bäumen Vögel schrein --
Irgendwo über den Bergen
Muß meine ferne Heimat sein.

Text Authorship:

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Über die Felder ...", written 1900

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• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Over the fields", copyright © 2013, (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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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.

Text Authorship:

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Wanderschaft", written 1908, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911

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• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• 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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