Die Bäume tropfen vom Gewitterguß, Im nassen Laub glänzt Mondlicht kühlvertraut, Vom Tal herauf der unsichtbare Fluß Tönt dunkel her mit ruhelosem Laut. Jetzt im Gehöfte schlagen Hunde an -- O Sommernacht und halbverhangene Sterne, Wie reißt es mir auf eurer bleichen Bahn Das Herz hinaus in Reiserausch und Ferne!
Zwei Gesänge für eine hohe Stimme nach Worten von Hermann Hesse
Song Cycle by Hans-Hermann Kurig (1914 - 2002)
1. Sommernacht
Language: German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Sommernacht", subtitle: "(1918)", written 1918
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Summer night", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Language: German (Deutsch)
Laß mich verzweifeln, Gott, an mir, Doch nicht an dir! Laß mich des Irrens ganzen Jammer schmecken, Laß alles Leides Flammen an mir lecken, Laß mich erleiden alle Schmach, Hilf nicht mich erhalten, Hilf nicht mich entfalten! Doch wenn mir alles Ich zerbrach, Dann zeige mir, Daß du es warst, Daß du die Flammen und das Leid gebarst, Denn gern will ich verderben, Will gerne sterben, Doch sterben kann ich nur in dir.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Gebet", subtitle: "(1921)", written 1921
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Pregària", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Prayer", subtitle: "(1921)", 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 280.
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
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