Tropfen sinken, die Luft ist bang. Noch geht kein Wind. Ein Trunkener singt die Straße entlang. Sein Lied ist irr und schwach wie ein Kind. Nun schweigt er ganz: Der Himmel zerreißt Und grell im blauweißen Glanz Der Blitze die Straße gleißt. Wie Getrabe von weißen Rossen Rauscht Regen heran. Alles Licht erlosch, alle Form zerrann, Stürzende Wogen halten mich eingeschlossen.
Vom Baum des Lebens - Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse
Song Cycle by Wilhelm Fehres (b. 1901)
Word count: 354
1. Sommernacht [sung text checked 1 time]
Authorship
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), title 1: "Sommernacht", title 2: "Gewitterregen in der Sommernacht (in Unterwegs)", subtitle: "(1910)", written 1910, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , 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, pages 155-156.
Research team for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
2. Blume, Baum, Vogel [sung text checked 1 time]
Bist allein im Leeren, Glühst einsam, Herz, Grüßt dich am Abgrund Dunkle Blume Schmerz. Reckt seine Äste Der hohe Baum Leid, Singt in den Zweigen Vogel Ewigkeit. Blume Schmerz ist schweigsam, Findet kein Wort, Der Baum wächst bis in die Wolken, Und der Vogel singt immerfort.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Blume, Baum, Vogel", written 1916 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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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, pages 234-235.
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3. Herbst [sung text checked 1 time]
[Ihr Vögel]1 im Gesträuch, Wie flattert euer Gesang Den bräunenden Wald entlang -- Ihr Vögel, sputet euch! Bald kommt der Wind, der weht, Bald kommt der Tod, der mäht, Bald kommt das graue Gespenst und lacht, Daß uns das Herz erfriert Und der Garten all seine Pracht Und das Leben all seinen Glanz verliert. Liebe Vögel im Laub, Liebe Brüderlein, Lasset uns singen und fröhlich sein, Bald sind [wir]2 Staub.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Herbst", subtitle: "(1919)", written 1919 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Autumn", subtitle: "(1919)", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Automne", copyright © 2017, (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 258-259.
1 Kilpinen: "Die Vögel"; Petzold: "Ihr Vöglein"2 Bohner: "wir im"
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4. Mittag im September [sung text not yet checked]
Es hält der blaue Tag Für eine Stunde auf der Höhe Rast. Sein Licht hält jedes Ding umfaßt, Wie man's in Träumen sehen mag: Daß schattenlos die Welt, In Blau und Gold gewiegt, In lauter Duft und reifem Frieden liegt. -- Wenn auf dies Bild ein Schatten fällt! -- Kaum hast du es gedacht, So ist die goldene1 Stunde Aus ihrem leichten Traum1 erwacht, Und bleicher wird, indes sie stiller lacht, Und kühler wird die Sonne in der Runde.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Mittag im September", written c1905 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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View original text (without footnotes)Note: According to Peter Spycher, Eine Wanderung durch Hermann Hesse’s Lyrik. Dokumentation und Interpretation, this poem was inaccurately rendered by Karlheinz Deschner in Kitsch, Konvention und Kunst : eine literarische Streitschrift . In addition to the omission of some punctuation marks, Deschner’s version contains two errors, which are footnoted below.
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 162.
1 Inaccurately given as "goldne" by Deschner2 Inaccurately given as "Zaubertraum" by Deschner
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5. Der Blütenzweig [sung text checked 1 time]
Immer [hin und wider]1 Strebt der Blütenzweig im Winde, Immer auf und nieder Strebt mein Herz gleich einem Kinde Zwischen hellen und dunklen Tagen, Zwischen Wollen und Entsagen. Bis die Blüten sind verweht Und der Zweig in Früchten steht, Bis das Herz, der Kindheit satt, Seine Ruhe hat Und bekennt: voll Lust und nicht vergebens War das unruhvolle Spiel des Lebens.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Der Blütenzweig", written 1913 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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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, page 188.
1 G. Wilhelm: "auf und nieder" (as it is in the third line)Research team for this text: Claus Swienty , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
6. Spruch [sung text checked 1 time]
So mußt Du allen Dingen Bruder und Schwester sein, Daß sie dich ganz durchdringen, Daß du nicht scheidest Mein und Dein. Kein Stern, kein Laub soll fallen -- Du mußt mit ihm vergehn! So wirst du auch mit allen Allstündlich auferstehn.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Spruch", written 1908, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Poème gnomique", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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