Vergänglichkeit | Vom Baum des Lebens fällt

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Vergänglichkeit

(Sung text for setting by K. Penderecki)

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

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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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:

Krzysztof Penderecki

Symphony No. 8: Piesni Przemijania (Songs of Transitoriness) (Lieder der Vergänglichkeit)

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Vergänglichkeit", written 1919, appears in Klingsors letzter Sommer, first published 1919?

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Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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