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Zwei Lieder aus den "Nachtgesängen" von Hermann Hesse

Song Cycle by Hans-Hermann Kurig (1914 - 2002)

1. Regennacht
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Auf Dach und Simsen überall
Der stetig leise Tropfenfall
Und weit hinein ins dunkle Land
Sanft wie ein Schleier ausgespannt,
Der sich im Winde senkt und hebt
Und leblos ist und dennoch lebt.
Der Acker, der die Wolke zieht,
Der Himmel, der zur Erde strebt,
Das wogt und rinnt und klagt und bebt
In diesem stetig leisen Lied,
So wie ein tiefer Geigenklang
Geheimer Sehnsucht dunklen Drang
In Töne hüllt und weiterträgt
Und da und dort ein Herz bewegt,
Das nach demselben Heimwehland
Sich sehnend, keine Worte fand.
Und was nicht Wort, nicht Geige sagt,
Wird Ton und schwillt zu stiller Macht
Im stetig leisen Wiegetakt
Der windbewegten Regennacht;
Die nimmt, was klaglos rang und litt,
In ihre dunklen Lieder mit.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Regennacht", written 1903, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911

See other settings of this text.

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

  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "雨夜", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Rainy night", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Nuit de pluie", copyright © 2013, (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.

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 146-147.


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

2. Nacht
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich habe meine Kerze ausgelöscht;
Zum offenen Fenster strömt die Nacht herein,
Umarmt mich sanft und läßt mich ihren Freund
Und ihren Bruder sein.

Wir beide sind am selben Heimweh krank;
Wir senden ahnungsvolle Träume aus
Und reden flüsternd von der alten Zeit
In unsres Vaters Haus.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Die Nacht", subtitle: "(1907)", written 1907, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911

See other settings of this text.

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 © 2013, (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]
Total word count: 168
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