The laurel blooms in the forest

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wanderschaft

(Sung text for setting by W. Hess)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Im Walde blüht der Seidelbast,
Im Graben liegt noch Schnee;
Das du mir heut' geschrieben hast,
Das Brieflein tat mir weh.

Jetzt schneid' ich einen Stab im Holz;
Ich weiß ein ander Land,
Da sind die Jungfern nicht so stolz
Der Liebe abgewandt.

Im Walde blüht der Seidelbast,
Kein Brieflein tut mir weh,
Und das du mir geschrieben hast,
Schwimmt draußen auf dem See, 
Schwimmt draußen auf dem Bodensee, 
Ja draußen auf dem See.

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Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Wanderschaft", written 1908, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Randonnée", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 79

Wanderings

(Sung text translation for setting by W. Hess)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The laurel blooms in the forest,
Snow still lies in the ditch;
The letter that you wrote to me today,
The letter wounded me.

Now I shall cut a staff in the woods;
I know another land
Where the maidens are not so proudly
Averse to loving.

The laurel blooms in the forest,
No letter wounds me,
And the one you wrote to me,
Floats out there upon the lake,
Floats out there upon Lake Constance,
Yes, out there upon the lake.

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