Drei Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse

Song Cycle by Will Eisenmann (1906 - 1992)

1. Weg nach innen
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wer den Weg nach innen fand,
Wer in glühndem Sichversenken
Je der Weisheit Kern geahnt,
Daß sein Sinn sich Gott und Welt
Nur als Bild und Gleichnis wähle:
Ihm wird jedes Tun und Denken
Zwiegespräch mit seiner eignen Seele,
Welche Welt und Gott enthält.

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  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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2. Spät auf der Straße
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Laternen spiegeln durch die Nacht
Im nassen Straßenpflaster --
In dieser späten Stunde wacht
Nur noch die Not und das Laster.

Ich grüße euch, die ihr wachet,
Euch, die ihr liegt in Not und Leid,
Euch, die ihr lärmet und lachet
Und die ihr alle meine Brüder seid.

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  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Spät auf der Straße", written 1901

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  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Upon the street late at night", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Tard dans la rue", copyright © 2017, (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 104.


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3. Bekenntnis
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Holder Schein, an deine Spiele
Sieh mich willig hingegeben;
Andre haben Zwecke, Ziele,
Mir genügt es schon, zu leben.

Gleichnis will mir alles scheinen,
Was mir je die Sinne rührte,
Des Unendlichen und Einen,
Das ich stets lebendig spürte.

Solche Bilderschrift zu lesen,
Wird mir stets das Leben lohnen,
Denn das Ewige, das Wesen,
Weiß ich in mir selber wohnen.

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (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

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