English translations of Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, opus 25
by Albert Gorter (1862 - 1936)
Im Walde blüht der Seidelbast, Im Graben liegt noch Schnee; Das du mir heut' geschrieben hast, Das Brieflein tat mir weh. Jetzt schneid' ich einen Stab im Holz; Ich weiß ein ander Land, Da sind die Jungfern nicht so stolz Dem Lieben abgewandt. Im Walde blüht der Seidelbast, Kein Brieflein tut mir weh, Und das du mir geschrieben hast, Schwimmt draußen auf dem See, Schwimmt draußen auf dem Bodensee, Ja draußen auf dem See.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Wanderschaft", written 1908, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911
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The laurel blooms in the forest, Snow still lies in the [ditch]1; The letter that you wrote to me today, [The letter] wounded me. Now I shall cut a staff in the woods; I know another land Where the maidens are not so proudly Averse to loving. The laurel blooms in the forest, No letter wounds me, And the one you wrote to me, Floats out there upon the lake, Floats out there upon Lake Constance, Yes, out there upon the lake.
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"Im Walde blüht der Seidelbast" = "The laurel blooms in the forest"
"Der Seidelbast" = "The laurel"
"Wanderschaft" = "Wanderings"
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Immer hin und wider Strebt der Blütenzweig im Winde, Immer auf und nieder Strebt mein Herz gleich einem Kinde Zwischen hellen und dunklen Tagen, Zwischen Wollen und Entsagen. Bis die Blüten sind verweht Und der Zweig in Früchten steht, Bis das Herz, der Kindheit satt, Seine Ruhe hat Und bekennt: voll Lust und nicht vergebens War das unruhvolle Spiel des Lebens.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Der Blütenzweig", written 1913
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Always [back and forth]1 The blossom-sprig strives in the wind, Always up and down My heart strives like a child Between bright and dark days, Between desire and renunciation. Until the blossoms have been scattered by the wind And the branch stands full of fruit, Until the heart, satiated with childhood, Has found its rest And acknowledges: full of joy and not in vain Was the tumultuous play of life.
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"Immer hin und wider" = "Always back and forth"
"Der Blütenzweig" = "The sprig of blossoms"
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Solang du nach dem Glücke jagst, Bist du nicht reif zum Glücklichsein Und wäre alles Liebste dein. Solang du um Verlornes klagst Und Ziele hast und rastlos bist, Weißt du noch nicht, was Friede ist. Erst wenn du jedem Wunsch entsagst, Nicht Ziel mehr, noch Begehren kennst, Das Glück nicht mehr mit Namen nennst, Dann reicht dir des Geschehens Flut Nicht mehr ans Herz, und deine Seele ruht.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Glück", written 1907
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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 164.
If luck you chase, you have not grown enough for happiness to stay, not even if you get your way. If, what you lost, you still bemoan, and grasp at tasks, and dash and dart, you have not known true peace at heart. But if no wishes are your own, and you don't try to win the game, and Lady Luck is just a name, then tides of life won't reach your breast -- and all your strife and all your soul will rest.
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Flügelt ein kleiner blauer Falter vom Wind geweht, Ein perlmutterner Schauer, Glitzert, flimmert, vergeht. So mit Augenblicksblinken, So im Vorüberwehn Sah ich das Glück mir winken, Glitzern, flimmern, vergehn.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Blauer Schmetterling", written 1927
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A little blue butterfly is Sailing, blown by the wind, A mother-of-pearl shiver, Sparkles, shimmers, vanishes. Thus with momentary gleaming, Thus in wafting past, I saw happiness beckoning me, Sparkling, shimmering, [vanishing]1.
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"Blaue Falter" = "Blue butterfly"
"Schmetterling" = "Butterfly"
"Blauer Schmetterling" = "Blue butterfly"
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Du bist, mein fernes Tal, Verzaubert und versunken. Oft hast du mir in Not und Qual Empor aus deinem Schattenland gewunken Und deine Mädchenaugen aufgetan, Daß ich entzückt in kurzem Wahn Mich ganz zu dir zurück verlor. O dunkles Tor, O dunkle Todesstunde, Komm du heran, daß ich gesunde Und daß aus dieses Lebens Leere Ich heim zu meinen Träumen kehre!
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Die Kindheit", written 1912
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[You]1 are, my [distant]2 valley, Enchanted and rapt. In affliction and agony you have often Waved to me from your shadowland And opened your maiden-eyes, So that, enraptured in a short illusion, I completely lost myself back to you. Oh dark gateway, Oh dark hour of death, Approach that I might be healed And that from out of this life’s emptiness I may return home to my dreams!
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"Die Kindheit" = "Childhood"
"Kindheit" = "Childhood"
2 Stier: "quiet"
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