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Voll Blüten steht der Pfirsichbaum, Nicht jede wird zur Frucht, Sie schimmern hell wie Rosenschaum Durch Blau und Wolkenflucht. Wie Blüten gehn Gedanken auf, Hundert an jedem Tag -- Laß blühen! laß dem Ding den Lauf! Frag nicht nach dem Ertrag! Es muß auch Spiel und Unschuld sein Und Blütenüberfluß, Sonst wär die Welt uns viel zu klein Und Leben kein Genuß.
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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, pages 236-237.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Voll Blüten", written 1918, first published 1918 [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 Oskar Baumann , "Voll Blüten steht der Pfirsichbaum", op. 311 (Hermann Hesse-Lieder, 4. Folge) no. 4 (1947) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Beckert , "Voll Blüten steht der Pfirsichbaum", 1948-9 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Brömel (b. 1877), "Voll Blüten steht der Pfirsichbaum", published 1945-8 [ voice and piano ], from Hermann Hesse Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Werner Bühler (1904 - 1968), "Voll Blüten steht der Pfirsichbaum" [ high voice and piano ], from Lieder für eine höhere Singstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 21 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Helene Regina Dehner , "Voll Blüten steht der Pfirsichbaum" [ unaccompanied voice ], from Sieben Lieder, no. 7, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Esther Gutknecht , "Voll Blüten steht der Pfirsichbaum", 1944 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Voll Blüten steht der Pfirsichbaum", op. 42a no. 3 (1977) [ medium voice and piano ], from Stufen - Hesse-Lieder 1977 für mittlere Singstimme, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Siegl (1896 - 1978), "Voll Blüten steht der Pfirsichbaum ", op. 76 no. 2, published 1932 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Hermann Hesse Gesänge, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Voll Blüten steht der Pfirsichbaum", op. 68e (1997), published 2002 [ baritone or tenor and piano ], München (Munich), Verlag vierdreiunddreissig [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Georg Treiber (1909 - 1988), "Voll Blüten steht der Pfirsichbaum ", published 1951 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Voll Blüten steht der Pfirsichbaum " [ voice and piano ], one of two settings [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Voll Blüten steht der Pfirsichbaum ", 1960 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1, one of two settings [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 61
The peach tree stands full of blossoms, Not every one of them shall become a fruit, They shimmer as brightly as a foaming of roses Through the blue and the scudding of clouds. Thoughts arise like blossoms, A hundred on every day -- Let them bloom! let everything run its course! Do not ask after the yield! There must be play and innocence as well And an excess of blossoms, Otherwise the world would be far too small for us And life would not be an enjoyment.
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View text with all available footnotesTranslations of title(s):
"Voll Blüten" = "Full of blossoms"
"Voll Blüten steht der Pfirsichbaum" = "The peach tree stands full of blossoms"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Voll Blüten", written 1918, first published 1918
This text was added to the website: 2019-07-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 86