The wind rests in the boughs | The wind rests in the boughs

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Sommerruh'

(Sung text for setting by A. Wallnöfer)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Der Wind ruht in den Ästen,
Und schaukelt sich müde nur,
Es klingt wie von fernen Festen
Eines Liedes schwindende Spur.

Mein Glück ist schlafen gangen,
Und lachet nur halb im Traum
Mit schönen, schmalen Wangen
Bewegt's die Lippen kaum.

Meine Liebe legt sich nieder
In meines Liedes Schoß
Und dehnt die zarten Glieder
Und macht die Augen groß.

All' Denkens leichte Zügel
Fallen mir aus der Hand,
Mein Lied lenkt seine Flügel
In ein grünes Schlummerland.

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Composition:

Adolf Wallnöfer

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1898, appears in Sommerruhe, no. 1

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The wind rests in the boughs", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-04-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 82

The wind rests in the boughs

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Wallnöfer)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The wind rests in the boughs,
And rocks itself but wearily;
As if from distant celebrations 
Sounds the vanishing trace of a song.

My happiness has gone to sleep,
And only half laughs in a dream
With beautiful, slender cheeks 
And lovely lips hardly.

My love lies down
In the lap of my song
And stretches her delicate limbs
And opens her eyes widely.

The light reins of the verses
Fall out of my hand,
My song turns its wings
Toward a green slumber-land.

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1898, appears in Sommerruhe, no. 1
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Word count: 84