Sieben Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse

Wind im Gesträuch und Vogelpfiff
Und hoch im höchsten süßen Blau
Ein stilles, stolzes Wolkenschiff . . . 

Ich träume von einer blonden Frau,
Ich träume von meiner Jugendzeit,
Der hohe Himmel blau und weit
Ist meiner Sehnsucht Wiege,
Darin ich stillgesinnt
Und selig warm
Mit leisem Summen liege
So wie in seiner Mutter Arm
Ein Kind.

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Frühlingstag", written 1912 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Jour de printemps", copyright © 2011, (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 216.

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Spät auf staubiger Straße geh ich,
Mauerschatten fallen schräg,
Und durch Rebenranken seh ich
Mondlicht über Bach und Weg.

Lieder, die ich einst gesungen,
Stimm ich leise wieder an,
Ungezählter Wanderungen
Schatten kreuzen meine Bahn.

Wind und Schnee und Sonnenhitze
Vieler Jahre [klingt]¹ mir nach,
Sommernacht und blaue Blitze,
Sturm und Reiseungemach.

Braun gebrannt und vollgesogen
Von der Fülle dieser Welt,
Fühl ich weiter mich gezogen,
Bis mein Pfad ins Dunkle fällt.

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Gang am Abend" [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 11 Autobiographische Schriften I, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2003, page 11.

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 242.

¹ Jesinghaus (and the poem as given in the Gedichte volume above): "weht"

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Alle meine Jugendzeit
Bin ich Lüsten nachgegangen,
Um danach voll Düsterkeit
Leid und Schmerzen nachzuhangen.

Schmerz und Lüste sind mir nun
Ganz verschwistert und durchdrungen;
Ob sie wohl, ob wehe tun,
Beides ist in eins verschlungen.

Ob mich Gott durch Höllenschrei,
Ob durch Sonnenhimmel führe,
Beides gilt mir einerlei,
Wenn ich seine Hand nur spüre.

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Beides gilt mir einerlei", written 1913 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Both are the same to me", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "C'est pour moi indifférent", 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, page 214.

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Vor mir her getrieben
Weht ein welkes Blatt.
Wandern, Jungsein und Lieben
Seine Zeit [und sein]¹ Ende hat.

Das Blatt irrt ohne Gleise
Wohin der Wind es will,
Hält erst in Wald und Moder still . . .
Wohin geht meine Reise?

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Das treibende Blatt", written 1900 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "The drifting leaf", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The drifting leaf", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La feuille au gré du vent", copyright © 2011, (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 63.

¹ Sometimes "auch ein"

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Der Schäfer mit den Schafen
Zieht durch die stillen Gassen ein,
Die Häuser wollen schlafen
Und dämmern schon und nicken ein.

Ich bin in diesen Mauern
Der [einzige]¹ fremde Mann zur Stund,
Es trinkt mein Herz mit Trauern
Den Kelch der Sehnsucht bis zum Grund.

Wohin der Weg mich führet,
Hat überall ein Herd gebrannt;
Nur ich hab nie [gespüret]²,
Was Heimat ist und Vaterland.

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Dorfabend", subtitle: "(1897)", written 1897 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Evening in the village", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le soir au village", 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, page 22.

¹ Wallnöfer: "einz'ge"
² Wallnöfer: "verspüret"

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[Es führen über die Erde]¹ 
Straßen und Wege viel,
Aber alle haben 
Dasselbe Ziel.

Du kannst reiten und fahren 
Zu zweien und zu drein,
Den letzten Schritt mußt du
Gehen allein.

Drum ist kein Wissen 
[Noch]² Können so gut,
Als daß man alles Schwere 
Alleine tut.

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Allein", written 1906 [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, page 170.

¹ Steinert: "Über die Erde führen"
² Kilpinen: "Und"

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Wieder schreitet er den braunen Pfad
Von den stürmeklaren Berge nieder,
Wieder quellen, wo der Schöne naht,
Liebe Blumen auf und Vogellieder.

Wieder auch verführt er meinen Sinn,
Daß in dieser zart erblühten Reine
Mir die Erde, deren Gast ich bin,
Eigentum und holde Heimat scheine.

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Frühling", subtitle: "(Mai 1907)", written 1907 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Song Cycle by Walter Müller von Kulm (1899 - 1967)

1. Frühlingstag [sung text checked 1 time]

2. Unterwegs [sung text checked 1 time]

3. Beides gilt mir einerlei [sung text checked 1 time]

4. Das treibende Blatt [sung text checked 1 time]

5. Dorfabend [sung text checked 1 time]

6. Allein [sung text checked 1 time]

7. Frühling [sung text checked 1 time]