by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Nun der Tag mich müd gemacht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT DUT ENG ENG FRE FRI ITA NOR SAN SPA
Nun der Tag mich müd gemacht,
Soll mein sehnliches Verlangen
Freundlich die gestirnte Nacht
Wie ein müdes Kind empfangen. 

Hände, laßt von allem Tun,
Stirn vergiß du alles Denken,
Alle meine Sinne nun
Wollen sich in Schlummer senken. 

Und die Seele unbewacht
Will in freien Flügen schweben,
Um im Zauberkreis der Nacht
Tief und tausendfach zu leben.

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•   E. Beckert •   R. Brömel •   W. Bühler •   R. Czelinski •   F. Dietsch •   H. Frank •   J. Gessinger •   J. Gessinger •   R. Gress •   E. Gutknecht •   W. Hecklinger •   H. Hoffmann •   H. Kracke •   F. Krause •   N. Kreismann •   W. Lache •   F. Lubrich •   O. Maurer •   H. Petersen-Vietor •   K. Petsch •   E. Reichert •   H. Sälter •   T. Schlechtriem •   C. Schneider •   W. Schulthess •   H. Schultz •   K. Sochatzy •   A. Stier •   R. Strauss •   B. Stürmer •   P. Voelkner •   R. Wagner-Régeny •   F. Walter •   J. Wetzel •   R. Zimmermann 

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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 216.


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Now that the day has made me so tired
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Now that the day has made me so tired,
my dearest longings shall
be accepted kindly by the starry night
like a weary child.

Hands, cease your activity,
head, forget all of your thoughts;
all my senses now
will sink into slumber.

And my soul, unobserved,
will float about on untrammeled wings
in the enchanted circle of the night,
living a thousandfold more deeply.

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•   F. Lubrich •   E. Reichert 

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Translations of titles:
"Abend" = "Evening"
"Abendlied" = "Evening song"
"Beim Schlafengehen" = "While going to sleep"
"Nun der Tag mich müd gemacht " = "Now that the day has made me so tired,"


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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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