English translations of Lieder und Gesänge, opus 11
by Rudolph Ganz (1877 - 1972)
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.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Rücknahme", written 1901
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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 73.
I did not say: I love. I only said: give me your hand And tolerate me! It seemed to me that you were my kin, You were so young and good, as I... - I did not say: I love you.
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Du lachst, weil ich gebetet habe; Es tut mir leid, daß du es sahst Und daß du nicht geschwiegen hast ... Ich lernte es als Knabe - Ich möchte in deinen Augen lesen, Daß du mich doch verstanden hast - Bist du denn nie ein Kind gewesen?
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "In der Nachtherberge", written 1902
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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 113-114.
You laugh because I said my prayers, I’m sorry that you saw it And that you did not keep silent . . . I learned it as a boy - In your eyes I would like to read That you nevertheless understood me - Were you never a child?
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Das Geld ist aus, die Flasche leer, Und einer nach dem andern Legt sich zu Boden müde sehr Und ruht vom langen Wandern. Der eine träumt noch vom Gendarm, Dem er mit Not entronnen, Dem andern ist, er liege warm Im Felde an der Sonnen. Der dritte Kunde schaut ins Licht Als ob er Geister sehe, Er stützt den Kopf und schlummert nicht Und hat ein heimlich Wehe. Das Licht verlischt und alles ruht, Nur noch die Scheiben funkeln, Da nimmt er leise Stock und Hut Und wandert fort im Dunkeln.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Handwerksburschenpenne", written 1902
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The money is gone, the bottle empty, And, very tired, one after the other Lies down upon the ground And rests from the long wandering. One still dreams of the constable From whom he barely escaped, The other one imagines that he Is lying, warm, in a sunny field. The third guest gazes into the light As if he were seeing ghosts, He rests his head upon his hand and does not slumber And has a secret pain. The light goes out and all is at rest, Only the windowpanes still sparkle; Thereupon he quietly takes up his staff and hat And wanders off in the darkness.
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