English translations of Vier Lieder, opus 16
by Emil Hess
Singe du, Büblein am Zaune! Singe, Büblein, und staune Den Wolken und dem zornigen Bach Und uns Wandergesellen nach. Wir müssen weiter, die Welt ist weit; Wer weiß, wo uns ein Bett bereit, Ein Bänklein, Schragen oder Schrein, Zu liegen, wenn wir müde sein. Und wer am Wege bleiben muß, Dem sagen wir den Scheidegruß Und wird mit Rasen zugedeckt Und wird ein Kreuzlein draufgesteckt. Wir suchen hier und suchen da Die Straße nach Schlaraffia; Bleib du daheim, du bist noch klein, Singe du, Bübelein!
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Auszug der Handwerksburschen", written 1903
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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 518-519.
You sing, little lad by the fence! Sing, little lad, and marvel At the passing of the clouds and of the angry brook And of us wandering comrades. We must go on, the world is wide; Who knows where a bed is ready for us, A little bench, a trestle or cupboard, To lie down when we are tired. And whoever dies along the way, For him we shall speak a farewell greeting And he shall be covered with grass And a cross shall be placed upon his resting place. We seek hither and seek thither The road to the Land of Cockaigne; You stay at home, you are still small, You sing, little lad!
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Auszug der Handwerksburschen", written 1903
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