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Sechszehn [sic] Gedichte von Hermann Hesse

Song Cycle by Carl von Szelle

1. Nach dem Fest 
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Von der Tafel rinnt der Wein,
Alle Kerzen flackern trüber,
Wieder bin ich denn allein,
Wieder ist ein Fest vorüber.

Traurig lösch ich Licht um Licht
In den still gewordnen Räumen,
Nur der Wind im Garten spricht
Ängstlich mit den schwarzen Bäumen.

Ach, wenn dieser Trost nicht wär,
Müde Augen zuzumachen...!
Und ich fühle kein Begehr,
Jemals wieder aufzuwachen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Nach dem Fest", written 1913

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Després de la festa", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "After the celebration", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Après la fête", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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2. Frühlingstag
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
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.

Text Authorship:

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

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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) , "Jour de printemps", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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3. Abendgespräch
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Was blickst du träumend ins verwölkte Land?
Ich gab mein Herz in deine schöne Hand.
Es ist so voll von ungesagtem Glück,
So heiß - hast du es nicht gefühlt?

Mit fremdem Lächeln gibst du mir's zurück.
Ein sanfter Schmerz ... Es schweigt. Es ist gekühlt.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Abendgespräch", written 1904

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Col·loqui vespral", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Evening conversation", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Colloque vespéral", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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4. Vorwurf 
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Nacht fällt ein, 
Das Fest verloht, 
Die Fackeln im Garten 
Verleuchten rot. 

Du nickest leicht 
Mir gute Nacht --
Du hast diesen Abend 
So viel gelacht! 

Du hast diesen Abend 
So viel gesprochen, 
Und ein ungegebenes 
Wort mir gebrochen.

Text Authorship:

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

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  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Reproach", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Reproche", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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5. Die Stunde
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es war noch Zeit; ich konnte gehn,
Und alles wäre ungeschehn,
Und alles wäre rein und klar,
Wie es vor jenem Tage war!

Es mußte sein. Die Stunde kam,
Die kurze, schwüle, und sie nahm
Unwandelbar mit jähem Schritt
Den ganzen Glanz der Jugend mit.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Die Stunde", 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 © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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6. Schicksal
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wir sind in Zorn und Unverstand
Wie Kinder tun, geschieden
Und haben uns gemieden,
Von blöder Scham gebannt.

Die Jahre gingen drüber her
Mit Reuen und mit Warten.
In unsern Jugendgarten
Führt keine Straße mehr.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Schicksal", written 1907, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Fate", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Destin", 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, page 184.


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7. Heimweg vom Fest
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wieder klirrt ein Fest in Scherben
Und ich taumle angstbeklommen
Über hartgefrorne Felder,
Fürchte, nimmer heimzukommen.

O du Trunkenheit der Schmerzen,
Wenn der Wonnekelch zerschlagen,
Lieber will ich dich im Herzen
Als so halbe Lust ertragen.

Nur das Böseste und Beste
Mag die arme Seele hegen,
Seien's Schmerzen, seien's Feste --
Denn sie glüht des Glühens wegen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Heimweg vom Fest", written 1913

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Camí de retorn de la festa", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The way home after the celebration", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Retour à la maison après la fête", 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 189.


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8. Rücknahme 
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich sagte nicht: ich liebe dich.
Ich sagte nur: gib mir die Hand
Und dulde mich!

Mir schien, du wärest mir verwandt,
Du wärst so jung und gut, wie ich...
- Ich sagte nicht: ich liebe dich.

Text Authorship:

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

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  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Retraction", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Abandon", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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9. 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

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

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10. Jugendflucht
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der müde Sommer senkt das Haupt
Und schaut sein falbes Bild im See.
Ich wandle müde und bestaubt
Im Schatten der Allee.

Durch Pappeln geht ein zager Wind,
Der Himmel hinter mir ist rot,
Und vor mir Abendängste sind
- Und Dämmerung - und Tod.

Ich wandle müde und bestaubt,
Und hinter mir bleibt zögernd stehn
Die Jugend, neigt das schöne Haupt
Und will nicht fürder mit mir gehn.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Jugendflucht", written 1897, appears in Hermann Lauscher

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La fugida de la joventut", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The flight of youth", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Fuite de la jeunesse", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Fuga della giovinezza", copyright © 2009, (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 30.


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11. Kennst du das auch? 
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Kennst du das auch, daß manches Mal
Inmitten einer lauten Lust,
Bei einem Fest, in einem frohen Saal,
Du plötzlich schweigen und hinweggehn mußt? 

Denn legst du dich aufs Lager ohne Schlaf
Wie Einer, den ein plötzlich Heimweh traf;
Lust und Gelächter ist verstiebt wie Rauch,
Du weinst, weinst ohne Halt -- Kennst du das auch?

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Kennst du das auch?", written 1901

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  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Do you, too, know that?", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Connais-tu aussi", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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12. Ich log! Ich log! Ich bin nicht alt 
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich log! Ich log! Ich bin nicht alt,
Ich bin nicht satt vom Leben,
Mir macht jede schöne Frauengestalt
Noch Puls und Gedanken erbeben.

Mir träumt noch von Weibern heiß und nackt,
Von guten und von schlechten,
Von wilder Walzer brillantem Takt
Und von verliebten Nächten.

Mir träumt von einer Liebe sogar,
Einer schweigsam schönen und reinen,
Wie jene erste, heilige war,
Und ich kann noch um sie weinen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Ich log", written 1901, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Irrwege, first published 1919

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2025, (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 © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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13. Zunachten 
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Laufeuchte Winde schweifen,
Nachtvögel hört man überm Ried
Mit schweren Flügeln streifen
Und fern im Dorf ein Fischerlied.

Aus niegewesenen Zeiten
Sind trübe Sagen angestimmt
Und Klagen um ewige Leiden;
Weh dem, der sie bei Nacht vernimmt!

Laß klagen, Kind, laß rauschen!
Rings ist die Welt vom Leide schwer.
Wir wollen den Vögeln lauschen
Und auch dem Lied vom Dorfe her.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Zunachten", written 1905

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  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "At night", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Tombée de la nuit", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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14. Frühling
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
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.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Frühling", subtitle: "(Mai 1907)", written 1907

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Primavera", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Spring", subtitle: "(May 1907)", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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15. Sommernacht
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Tropfen sinken, die Luft ist bang.
Noch geht kein Wind.
Ein Trunkener singt die Straße entlang.
Sein Lied ist irr und schwach wie ein Kind.

Nun schweigt er ganz:
Der Himmel zerreißt
Und grell im blauweißen Glanz
Der Blitze die Straße gleißt.

Wie Getrabe von weißen Rossen
Rauscht Regen heran.
Alles Licht erlosch, alle Form zerrann,
Stürzende Wogen halten mich eingeschlossen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), title 1: "Sommernacht", title 2: "Gewitterregen in der Sommernacht (in Unterwegs)", subtitle: "(1910)", written 1910, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2025, (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 © 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, pages 155-156.

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

16. Julikinder
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wir Kinder im Juli geboren
Lieben den Duft des weißen Jasmin,
Wir wandern an blühenden Gärten hin
Still und in schwere Träume verloren.
 
Unser Bruder ist der scharlachene Mohn,
Der brennt in flackernden Schauern
Im Ährenfeld und auf den heißen Mauern,
Dann treibt seine Blätter der Wind davon.
 
Wie eine Julinacht will unser Leben
Traumbeladen seinen Reigen vollenden,
Träumen und heißen Erntefesten ergeben,
Kränze von Ähren und rotem Mohn in den Händen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Julikinder", written 1904, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Nascuts al juliol", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Children of July", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Enfants de juillet", 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 156-157.


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