Die Nacht fällt ein, Das Fest verloht, Die Fackeln im Garten Verleuchten rot. Du nickest leicht Mir gute Nacht -- Du hast diesen Abend So viel gelacht! Du hast diesen Abend So viel gesprochen, Und ein ungegebenes Wort mir gebrochen.
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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 73.
Composition:
- Set to music by Sándor Jemnitz (1890 - 1963), "Vorwurf", op. 15 (Elf Lieder) no. 2, published 1922
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Vorwurf", written 1901
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Reproach", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Reproche", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-04-29
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