Eine Geige in den Gärten | Weit aus allen dunkeln Talen

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Eine Geige in den Gärten

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Weit aus allen dunkeln Talen
Kommt der süße Amselschlag,
Und mein Herz in stummen Qualen
Lauscht und zittert bis zum Tag.

Lange, mondbeglänzte Stunden
Liegt mein Sehnen auf der Wacht,
Leidet an geheimen Wunden
Und verblutet in die Nacht.

Eine Geige in den Gärten
Klagt herauf mit weichem Strich,
Und ein tiefes Müdewerden
Kommt erlösend über mich.

Fremder Saitenspieler drunten,
Der so weich und dunkel klagt,
Wo hast du das Lied gefunden,
Das mein ganzes Sehnen sagt?

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• C. Knayer

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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, pages 112-113.

¹ Knayer: "dunklen"¹

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Eine Geige in den Gärten", written 1902, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Buch der Liebe, first published 1919 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Rudolf Brömel (b. 1877), "Eine Geige in den Gärten", published 1945-8 [ voice and piano ], from Hermann Hesse Lieder, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hermann Grabner (1886 - 1969), "Eine Geige in den Gärten", 1950/1 [ voice and piano ], from Acht Hermann Hesse-Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Lothar Hundertmark (1902 - 1985), as Mark Lothar, "Eine Geige in den Gärten", op. 67 no. 3, published 1967 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Musik des Einsamen - Ein Liederzyklus für Gesang und 7 Instrumente, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Christian Knayer (1876 - 1932), "Eine Geige in den Gärten" [ high voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder von Hermann Hesse für hohe Stimme, no. 2, unpublished [sung text checked 2 times]
by Robert Owens (1925 - 2017), "Eine Geige in den Gärten", op. 20 (3 Lieder) no. 2 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by V. D. Patrick , "Eine Geige in den Gärten ", <<1956 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Johannes Schmiedel (b. 1921), "Eine Geige in den Gärten ", 1983 [ voice and guitar ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Eine Geige in den Gärten", op. 42a no. 7 (1977) [ medium voice and piano ], from Stufen - Hesse-Lieder 1977 für mittlere Singstimme, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Werner Wehrli (1892 - 1944), "Eine Geige in den Gärten ", op. 23 no. 2 (1926), published 1928 [ low voice, violin, and piano ], from Fünf Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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