Mehr oder weniger, mein lieber Knabe, Sind schließlich alle Menschenworte Schwindel, Verhältnismäßig sind wir in der Windel Am ehrlichsten, und später dann im Grabe. Dann legen wir uns zu den Vätern nieder, Sind endlich weise und voll kühler Klarheit, Mit blanken Knochen klappern wir die Wahrheit, Und mancher lög und lebte lieber wieder.
Fünf Sprüche für Männerchor a cappella
Song Cycle by Alfred Toepler (1888 - 1969)
3. Belehrung
Language: German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Belehrung", written 1927, appears in Verse im Krankenbett, no. 3
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Alliçonament", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Lesson", 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 291.
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4. Wende
Language: German (Deutsch)
Nun ist die Jugend schon verschäumt Und ohne Wiederkehr versunken, Ein Teil versonnen und verträumt, Ein Teil verbummelt und vertrunken. Und die doch kaum mein eigen war, Die Welt der Lieder und der Sterne, Ward über Nacht mir wunderbar Zu Heimweh, Traum und blauer Ferne.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Wende", written 1901
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Reversal", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Tournant", 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 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, pages 75-76.
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