Ich kann nicht schlafen. Das Sternenlicht Macht alle Fenster blau. Die Nacht Schaut mir so furchtbar ins Gesicht Und wacht, und wacht. Die Stunden gehen ohne Sinn Hinab, hinweg ins andere Land, An dessen namenlosen Strand Ich bald auch bin. Morgen, morgen, da will mein Herz Wieder leben und unbedacht Sich erlaben an Lust und Schmerz Bis in die Nacht. Morgen, ach, da leb ich nicht mehr, Da bin ich drüben am bleichen Strand; Schlummer winkt mir von ferne her, Vom anderen Land.
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Confirmed with Unterwegs. Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, München: Georg Müller Verlag, 1911, page 29. The poem has no title in this publication.
Composition:
- Set to music by Peter Escher (1915 - 2008), "Schlaflosigkeit", op. 15 no. 11 (1945) [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Hermann Hesse, no. 5
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Schlaflosigkeit", written 1907, appears in Unterwegs, in Schlaflosigkeit, no. 2, first published 1911
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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