You who are my brethren

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Die ihr meine Brüder seid

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Die ihr meine Brüder seid,
Arme Menschen nah und ferne,
Die ihr im Bezirk der Sterne
Tröstung träumet eurem Leid,
Die ihr wortelos gefaltet
In die blaß gestirnte Nacht
Schmale Dulderhände haltet,
Die ihr leidet, die ihr wacht,
Arme, irrende Gemeinde,
Schiffer ohne Stern und Glück --
Fremde, dennoch mir Vereinte,
Gebt mir meinen Gruß zurück.

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• H. Kelling • A. Wallnöfer

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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 110.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Einsame Nacht", written 1901 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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You who are my brethren

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

You who are my brethren,
Poor people near and far,
Who in the realm of the stars
Dream of comfort for your woe,
Who, mutely folded, hold
Your slender, patiently suffering hands
Into the pale-starred night,
You who suffer, you who watch,
Poor, erring congregation,
Sailors without star and good fortune --
Strangers, yet united with me,
Return my greeting to me.

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Translation of title "Einsame Nacht" = "Lonely night"

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