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Ich bin der [Hirsch und du]1 das Reh, Der Vogel du und ich der Baum, Die Sonne du und ich der Schnee, Du bist der Tag und ich der Traum. Nachts aus meinem schlafenden Mund Fliegt ein Goldvogel zu dir, Hell ist seine Stimme, sein Flügel bunt, Der singt dir das Lied voll der Liebe, Der singt dir das Lied von mir.
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View original text (without footnotes)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 274.
1 Thienemann: "Hirsch, du bist"Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Liebeslied", subtitle: "(1920)", written 1920 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Werner Bühler (1904 - 1968), "Liebeslied" [ high voice and piano ], from Lieder für eine höhere Singstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 24 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Gerhardt, jun. (1888 - 1985), "Liebeslied", 1949 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leni Gromann , "Liebeslied", <<1948 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Georg Krietsch (1904 - 1969), "Liebeslied", published 1953 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Liebeslied", op. 42a no. 6 (1977) [ medium voice and piano ], from Stufen - Hesse-Lieder 1977 für mittlere Singstimme, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bruno Stürmer (1892 - 1958), "Liebeslied", published 1952 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Herbert Thienemann (1884 - 1963), "Liebeslied", published 1931 [ voice and guitar or lute ], from Sonne im Herbst - Lieder zur Gitarre (Laute), no. 21 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerhard Wiemer (b. 1902), "Liebeslied" [ duet for baritone and mezzo-soprano with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó d’amor", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Love song", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chanson d'amour", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-05-02
Line count: 9
Word count: 63
I am the [deer buck and you]1 the doe, You the bird and I the tree, You the sun and I the snow, You are the day and I the dream. At night from my sleeping mouth A golden bird flies to you, Its voice is bright, its feathers colourful, It sings the song full of love to you, It sings to you the song from me.
1 Thienemann: "deer buck, you are"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Liebeslied", subtitle: "(1920)", written 1920
This text was added to the website: 2018-09-23
Line count: 9
Word count: 68