Blätter wehen vom Baume, Lieder vom Lebenstraume Wehen spielend dahin; Vieles ist untergegangen, Seit wir zuerst sie sangen, Zärtliche Melodien. Sterblich sind auch die Lieder, Keines tönt ewig wieder, Alle verweht der Wind: Blumen und Schmetterlinge, Die unvergänglicher Dinge Flüchtiges Gleichnis sind.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Karl Förster (1890 - 1952), "Zu einer Auswahl meiner Gedichte", 1948 [ high voice and piano ], from Ernster Wanderer. Neun Gesänge für hohe Singstimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1934, appears in Widmungsverse zu einem Gedichtbuch, no. 3
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-06
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