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Meine Lieder stehen Vor deiner Tür, Sie klopfen an und bücken sich: Öffnest du mir? Meine Lieder haben Einen seidenen Klang Dem Rauschen deines Kleides gleich Im Treppengang. Meine Lieder tragen Ein Düften lind, Ganz wie in deinem Lieblingsbeet Der Hyazinth. Meine Lieder kleidet Ein schweres Rot, Das deinem seidnen Kleide gleich Knistert und loht. Meine schönsten Lieder Gleichen ganz dir. Sie stehn an der Pforte und bücken sich: Öffnest du mir?
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 40.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Im Scherz", written 1898 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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My poems stand Before your door, They knock and bow: Will you open for me? My poems have A silky sound Like the rustling of your dress In the stairwell. My poems carry A gentle scent, Quite like your favourite flowerbed Of hyacinths. My poems are clothed In heavy red That, like your silk dress, Crackles and blazes. My loveliest poems Are exactly like you. They stand at your gate and bow: Will you open for me?
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View text with all available footnotesTranslations of title(s):
"Der Page" = "The pageboy"
"Im Scherz" = "In jest"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Im Scherz", written 1898
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This text was added to the website: 2018-01-03
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Word count: 78