by
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Es hält der blaue Tag
Language: German (Deutsch)
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Es hält der blaue Tag
Für eine Stunde auf der Höhe Rast.
Sein Licht hält jedes Ding umfaßt,
Wie man's in Träumen sehen mag:
Daß schattenlos die Welt,
In Blau und Gold gewiegt,
In lauter Duft und reifem Frieden liegt.
-- Wenn auf dies Bild ein Schatten fällt! --
Kaum hast du es gedacht,
So ist die goldene Stunde
Aus ihrem leichten Traum erwacht,
Und bleicher wird, indes sie stiller lacht,
Und kühler wird die Sonne in der Runde.
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Note: According to Peter Spycher, Eine Wanderung durch Hermann Hesse’s Lyrik. Dokumentation und Interpretation, this poem was inaccurately rendered by Karlheinz Deschner in Kitsch, Konvention und Kunst : eine literarische Streitschrift . In addition to the omission of some punctuation marks, Deschner’s version contains two errors, which are footnoted below.
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 162.
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Line count: 13
Word count: 79
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The blue day for an hour
Dwells upon its height.
Its light holds every thing embraced,
As one might see it in dreams:
That the world, shadowless,
Is cradled in blue and gold,
Lies in pure scent and ripened peace.
-- If a shadow should fall upon this image! --
You have barely thought it,
The golden hour is already
Wakened from its light dream,
And while it laughs more quietly, more pale
And more cool the sun grows round about.
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Translations of title(s):
"Es hält der blaue Tag" = "The blue day pauses"
"Mittag im September" = "Noon in September"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Mittag im September", written c1905
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-30
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Word count: 80
