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Sieben Gedichte von Hermann Hesse

Song Cycle by Werner Kuck (1891 - ?)

1. Die Kindheit 
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du bist, mein fernes Tal,
Verzaubert und versunken. 
Oft hast du mir in Not und Qual
Empor aus deinem Schattenland gewunken
Und deine Mädchenaugen aufgetan,
Daß ich entzückt in kurzem Wahn
Mich ganz zu dir zurück verlor. 

O dunkles Tor, 
O dunkle Todesstunde, 
Komm du heran, daß ich gesunde 
Und daß aus dieses Lebens Leere
Ich heim zu meinen Träumen kehre!

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Die Kindheit", written 1912

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , 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

Please note: this text, provided here for educational and research use, is in the public domain in Canada and the U.S., but it may still be copyright in other legal jurisdictions. The LiederNet Archive makes no guarantee that the above text is public domain in your country. Please consult your country's copyright statutes or a qualified IP attorney to verify whether a certain text is in the public domain in your country or if downloading or distributing a copy constitutes fair use. The LiederNet Archive assumes no legal responsibility or liability for the copyright compliance of third parties.

Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

2. Wende
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nun blüht die Welt nicht mehr für mich,
Nicht mir ruft Wind und Vogelschrei.
Mein Weg ward schmal, ich geh vorbei,
Kein Freund begleitet mich.

Und jeder Blick ins frohe Tal,
Wo meine Jugend heimisch war,
Ist nun für mich Gefahr
Und bittre Qual.

Und stieg ich nieder noch einmal,
Zu stillen meines Heimwehs Not,
So stünde dort, wie überall
An meinem Weg der Tod.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Wende", subtitle: "(1901)", written 1901, first published 1911

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , subtitle: "(1901)", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Please note: this text, provided here for educational and research use, is in the public domain in Canada and the U.S., but it may still be copyright in other legal jurisdictions. The LiederNet Archive makes no guarantee that the above text is public domain in your country. Please consult your country's copyright statutes or a qualified IP attorney to verify whether a certain text is in the public domain in your country or if downloading or distributing a copy constitutes fair use. The LiederNet Archive assumes no legal responsibility or liability for the copyright compliance of third parties.

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

3. Sei nicht traurig, bald ist es Nacht
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
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

Please note: this text, provided here for educational and research use, is in the public domain in Canada, but it may still be copyright in other legal jurisdictions. The LiederNet Archive makes no guarantee that the above text is public domain in your country. Please consult your country's copyright statutes or a qualified IP attorney to verify whether a certain text is in the public domain in your country or if downloading or distributing a copy constitutes fair use. The LiederNet Archive assumes no legal responsibility or liability for the copyright compliance of third parties.

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

4. Vergiß es nicht
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es ist kein Tag so streng und heiß,
Des sich der Abend nicht erbarmt,
Und den nicht gütig, lind und leis
Die mütterliche Nacht umarmt.

Auch Du, mein Herz, getröste dich,
So heiß dein Sehnen dich bedrängt,
Die Nacht ist nah, die mütterlich
In sanfte Arme dich empfängt.

Es wird ein Bett, es wird ein Schrein
Dem ruhelosen Wandergast
Von fremder Hand bereitet sein,
Darin du endlich Ruhe hast.

Vergiß es nicht, mein wildes Herz,
Und liebe sehnlich jede Lust
Und liebe auch den bittern Schmerz,
Eh du für immer ruhen mußt.

Es ist kein Tag so streng und heiß,
Des sich der Abend nicht erbarmt,
Und den nicht gütig, lind und leis
Die mütterliche Nacht umarmt.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Vergiß es nicht", written 1908

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

  • 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) , "Ne l'oublie pas", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Please note: this text, provided here for educational and research use, is in the public domain in Canada and the U.S., but it may still be copyright in other legal jurisdictions. The LiederNet Archive makes no guarantee that the above text is public domain in your country. Please consult your country's copyright statutes or a qualified IP attorney to verify whether a certain text is in the public domain in your country or if downloading or distributing a copy constitutes fair use. The LiederNet Archive assumes no legal responsibility or liability for the copyright compliance of third parties.

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

5. Gestutzte Eiche 
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie haben sie dich, Baum, verschnitten,
Wie stehst du fremd und sonderbar!
Wie hast du hundertmal gelitten,
Bis nichts in dir als Trotz und Wille war!
Ich bin wie du, mit dem verschnittnen,
Gequälten Leben brach ich nicht
Und tauche täglich aus durchlittnen
Roheiten neu die Stirn ins Licht.
Was in mir weich und zart gewesen,
Hat mir die Welt zu Tod gehöhnt,
Doch unzerstörbar ist mein Wesen,
Ich bin zufrieden, bin versöhnt,
Geduldig neue Blätter treib ich
Aus Ästen hundertmal zerspellt,
Und allem Weh zu Trotze bleib ich
Verliebt in die verrückte Welt.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Gestutzte Eiche", written 1919, appears in Gedichte des Malers, no. 9

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El roure esporgat", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Pruned oak", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Please note: this text, provided here for educational and research use, is in the public domain in Canada, but it may still be copyright in other legal jurisdictions. The LiederNet Archive makes no guarantee that the above text is public domain in your country. Please consult your country's copyright statutes or a qualified IP attorney to verify whether a certain text is in the public domain in your country or if downloading or distributing a copy constitutes fair use. The LiederNet Archive assumes no legal responsibility or liability for the copyright compliance of third parties.

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 269-270.

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

6. Bitte
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn du die kleine Hand mir gibst,
Die so viel Ungesagtes sagt,
Hab ich dich jemals dann gefragt,
Ob du mich liebst?

Ich will ja nicht, daß du mich liebst,
Will nur, daß ich dich nahe weiß
Und daß du manchmal stumm und leis
Die Hand mir gibst.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Bitte", written 1901

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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) , "Request", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "S'il te plaît", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Gianni Franceschi) , "Richiesta", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Please note: this text, provided here for educational and research use, is in the public domain in Canada and the U.S., but it may still be copyright in other legal jurisdictions. The LiederNet Archive makes no guarantee that the above text is public domain in your country. Please consult your country's copyright statutes or a qualified IP attorney to verify whether a certain text is in the public domain in your country or if downloading or distributing a copy constitutes fair use. The LiederNet Archive assumes no legal responsibility or liability for the copyright compliance of third parties.

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

7. In der Nacht
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
An dem Gedanken bin ich oft erwacht
Daß jetzt ein Schiff geht durch die kühle Nacht
Und Meere sucht und nach Gestaden fährt,
Nach denen heiße Sehnsucht mich verzehrt.
Daß jetzt an Orten, die kein Seemann kennt,
Ein rotes Nordlicht ungesehen brennt.

Daß jetzt ein schöner fremder Frauenarm
Sich liebesuchend preßt in Kissen weiß und warm.
Daß einer, der zum Freund mir war bestimmt,
Jetzt fern im Meer ein dunkles Ende nimmt.
Daß meine Mutter, die mich nimmer kennt,
Vielleicht im Schlaf jetzt meinen Namen nennt.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "In der Nacht", written 1900

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A la nit", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In the night", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Dans la nuit", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Please note: this text, provided here for educational and research use, is in the public domain in Canada, but it may still be copyright in other legal jurisdictions. The LiederNet Archive makes no guarantee that the above text is public domain in your country. Please consult your country's copyright statutes or a qualified IP attorney to verify whether a certain text is in the public domain in your country or if downloading or distributing a copy constitutes fair use. The LiederNet Archive assumes no legal responsibility or liability for the copyright compliance of third parties.

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 69-70.


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 532
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