by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Vergiß es nicht
 (Sung text for setting by R. Brömel)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Es ist kein Tag so streng und heiß,
Des sich der Abend nicht erbarmt,
Und den nicht gütig, lind und leis
Die mütterliche Nacht umarmt.

Auch Du, mein Herz, getröste dich,
So heiß dein Sehnen dich bedrängt,
Die Nacht ist nah, die mütterlich
In sanfte Arme dich empfängt.

Es wird ein Bett, es wird ein Schrein
Dem ruhelosen Wandergast
Von fremder Hand bereitet sein,
Darin du endlich Ruhe hast.

Vergiß es nicht, mein wildes Herz,
Und liebe sehnlich jede Lust
Und liebe auch den bittern Schmerz,
Eh du für immer ruhen mußt.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4 of the original text.

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  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Vergiß es nicht", written 1908

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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) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ne l'oublie pas", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2007-05-23
Line count: 20
Word count: 117

Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
There is no day so stern and torrid
Upon which the evening does not take pity,
And which the motherly night does not
Embrace -- kindly, gently, and softly.

You, too, my heart, take comfort;
However fiercely your yearning oppresses you,
Night is nigh, which like a mother
Shall receive you in soft arms.

There shall be a bed, there shall be a shrine
For the restless wanderer guest
Prepared by a stranger’s hand,
Wherein you shall finally find rest.

Do not forget, my wild heart,
And love yearningly every joy
And love also the bitter pain,
Before you must rest forever.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4 of the original text.

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2018 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-30
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Word count: 129