Regen | Lauer Regen, Sommerregen

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Lauer Regen, Sommerregen

Language: German (Deutsch)

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Lauer Regen, Sommerregen
Rauscht von Büschen, rauscht von Bäumen,
Oh, wie gut und voller Segen,
Einmal wieder satt zu träumen!

War so lang im Hellen draussen,
Ungewohnt ist mir dies Wogen:
In der eignen Seele hausen,
Nirgends fremdwärts hingezogen.

Nichts begehr ich, nichts verlang ich,
Summe leise Kindertöne,
Und verwundert heim gelang ich
In der Träume warme Schöne.

Herz, wie bist du wund gerissen
Und wie selig, blind zu wühlen,
Nichts zu denken, nichts zu wissen,
Nur zu fühlen, nur zu fühlen!

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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 235-236.

¹ Sometimes given incorrectly as "Nur zu atmen und zu fühlen"

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Regen", written 1916, first published 1918/9 [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 Paul Daepp , "Regen", 1975 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Otto Maurer (1898 - 1959), "Lauer Regen, Sommerregen " [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Regen", op. 41 no. 5 [ high voice and piano ], from Wanderung - Eine Liederfolge für hohe Stimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Otto Siegl (1896 - 1978), "Regen ", op. 76 no. 1, published 1932 [ soprano, four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Hermann Hesse Gesänge, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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