Sieben Nacht- und Todeslieder für mittlere Singstimme und Klavier nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse

Nun sind wir still 
Und singen keine Lieder mehr. 
Der Schritt wird schwer. 
Das ist die Nacht, die kommen will. 

Gib mir die Hand, 
Vielleicht ist unser Weg noch weit. 
Es schneit, es schneit. 
Hart ist der Winter in dem fremden Land. 

Wo ist die Zeit 
Da uns ein Licht, ein Herd gebrannt? 
Gib mir die Hand, 
Vielleicht ist unser Weg noch weit.

Text Authorship:

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Böse Zeit", written c1909

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• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Temps dolent", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Bad times", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mauvais temps", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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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

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• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Die ihr meine Brüder seid,
Arme Menschen nah und ferne,
Die ihr im Bezirk der Sterne
Tröstung träumet eurem Leid,
Die ihr wortelos gefaltet
In die blaß gestirnte Nacht
Schmale Dulderhände haltet,
Die ihr leidet, die ihr wacht,
Arme, irrende Gemeinde,
Schiffer ohne Stern und Glück --
Fremde, dennoch mir Vereinte,
Gebt mir meinen Gruß zurück.

Text Authorship:

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

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• 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) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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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

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• 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

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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, pages 146-147.

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Durch des Lebens Wüste irr ich glühend
Und erstöhne unter meiner Last,
Aber irgendwo, vergessen fast,
Weiß ich schattige Gärten kühl und blühend.

Aber irgendwo in Traumesferne
Weiß ich warten eine Ruhestatt,
Wo die Seele wieder Heimat hat,
Weiß ich Schlummer warten, Nacht und Sterne.

Text Authorship:

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Irgendwo", written 1925

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• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "En algun lloc", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Anywhere", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Auch zu mir kommst du einmal,
Du vergißt mich nicht,
Und zu Ende ist die Qual
Und die Kette bricht.

Noch erscheinst du fremd und fern,
Lieber Bruder Tod.
Stehest als ein kühler Stern
Über meiner Not.

Aber einmal wirst du nah
Und voll Flammen sein --
Komm, Geliebter, ich bin da,
Nimm mich, ich bin dein.

Text Authorship:

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Bruder Tod", written 1918, first published 1920

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• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mort, ma sœur", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il viandante alla Morte", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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So nahe lieget ihr beisammen
In eurem Garten, stille Schar.
Von eures Lebens grellen Flammen
Loht keine mehr. Das Glockenläuten
Will euch nicht Leid noch Lust bedeuten,
Noch Anklang dessen, was einst war.

Euch ist genug, dass in den Lüften
Hoch über euch der Flieder blüht
Und Sommernachts mit warmen Düften
Ob eurer Stätte festlich glüht.
Was noch in euch als Kraft, Begierde
Und unerlöster Drang gelebt,
Ist nun erlöst und frei und schwebt
Im Duft dahin als Spiel und Zierde.

Text Authorship:

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Dorfkirchhof", written 1908

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• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El cementiri del poble", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Village churchyard", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Cimetière de 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 154.

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