Drei Lieder für eine Altstimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse

Sei nicht traurig, bald ist es Nacht,
Da sehn wir über dem bleichen Land
Den kühlen Mond, wie er heimlich lacht
Und ruhen Hand in Hand.
 
Sei nicht traurig, bald kommt die Zeit,
Da haben wir Ruh. Unsre Kreuzlein stehen
Am hellen Straßenrande zu zweit,
Und es regnet und schneit,
Und die Winde kommen und gehen.

Text Authorship:

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Auf Wanderung", subtitle: "Dem Andenken Knulps", written 1907

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Upon a ramble", subtitle: "To the memory of Knulp", copyright © 2016, (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) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "In cammino", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Seltsam, im Nebel zu wandern!
Einsam ist jeder Busch und Stein,
Kein Baum sieht den andern,
Jeder ist allein.

Voll Freunden war mir die Welt,
Als noch mein Leben licht war;
Nun, da der Nebel fällt,
Ist keiner mehr sichtbar.

Wahrlich, keiner ist weise,
Der nicht das Dunkel kennt,
Das unentrinnbar und leise
Von allen ihn trennt.

Seltsam, im Nebel zu wandern!
Leben ist Einsamsein.
Kein Mensch kennt den andern,
Jeder ist allein.

Text Authorship:

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Im Nebel", written 1905

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• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "In the mists", copyright © 2010, (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) , "Dans le brouillard", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , "Sa cheobhrán", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Nebbia", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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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.

Text Authorship:

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Traurigkeit", written 1944

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• 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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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 376.

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