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Vom Baum des Lebens fällt
Mir Blatt um Blatt,
O taumelbunte Welt,
Wie machst du satt,
Wie machst du satt und müd,
Wie machst du trunken!
Was heut noch glüht,
Ist bald versunken.
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Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-8 of the original text.
Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 8 Die Erzählungen. 1911-1954, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2001, page 321 (no title in this publication).
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 256.
Composition:
- Set to music by Krzysztof Penderecki (1933 - 2020), "Vergänglichkeit", 2005, first performed 2005, lines 1-8 [ voices and orchestra ], from Symphony No. 8: Piesni Przemijania (Songs of Transitoriness) (Lieder der Vergänglichkeit), no. 9
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Vergänglichkeit", written 1919, appears in Klingsors letzter Sommer, first published 1919?
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Efimeritat", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Mortality", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Fugacité", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
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De l'arbre de vie tombe
Feuille après feuille,
Ô monde, tourbillonnant de couleurs,
Comme tu rassasies,
Comme tu rassasies et épuises,
Comme tu enivres !
Ce qui brille encore aujourd'hui
Sera bientôt éteint.
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Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-8 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2018 by Guy Laffaille, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Vergänglichkeit", written 1919, appears in Klingsors letzter Sommer, first published 1919?
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Word count: 90