Von der Tafel rinnt der Wein, Alle Kerzen flackern trüber, Wieder bin ich denn allein, Wieder ist ein Fest vorüber. Traurig lösch ich Licht um Licht In den still gewordnen Räumen, Nur der Wind im Garten spricht Ängstlich mit den schwarzen Bäumen. Ach, wenn dieser Trost nicht wär, Müde Augen zuzumachen...! Und ich fühle kein Begehr, Jemals wieder aufzuwachen.
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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 204.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Nach dem Fest", written 1913 [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 Jürg Baur (b. 1918), "Nach dem Fest" [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lukas Haug (b. 1921), "Nach dem Fest", published 1978 [ medium voice and piano ], from Hermann-Hesse-Zyklus, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz-Otto Hoffmann (b. 1902), "Nach dem Fest", 1932-47 [ voice and piano ], from 21 Lieder, no. 15 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Nach dem Fest", op. 98 no. 6 (1942), from Herbst, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walter Kraft (1905 - 1977), "Nach dem Fest", 1929 [ voice and 2 violins ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hildegard Quiel (1888 - 1971), "Nach dem Fest ", published 1967 [ voice and piano ], from Hesse-Lieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walter Schulthess (1894 - 1971), "Nach dem Fest ", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1919 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Franz Schwarz , "Nach dem Fest ", 1948 [ voice and piano (or orchestra?) ], from Musik des Einsamen, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl von Szelle , "Nach dem Fest ", 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Sechszehn [sic] Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (1903 - 1969), "Nach dem Fest", published 1970 [ baritone and piano ], from Hermann-Hesse-Gesänge - Gesänge des Abschieds, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "After the celebration", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Après la fête", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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