The Föhn-wind screams every night

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Der Föhn

(Sung text for setting by C. von Franckenstein)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Der Föhn schreit jede Nacht,
Sein feuchter Flügel flattert schwer.
Brachvögel taumeln durch die Luft.
Jetzt schläft nichts mehr,
Nun ist das ganze Land erwacht,
Der Frühling ruft.

In diesen Nächten schlaf ich nicht.
Mein Herz wird jung,
Aus blauen Tiefen der Erinnerung
Steigt meiner Jugend heißes Glück,
Schaut mir so lange ins Gesicht,
Erschrickt, und flieht zurück.

Bleib still, bleib still, mein Herz!
Ob auch im Blute eng und schwer
Die Leidenschaft sich rührt
Und dich die alten Wege führt --
Nicht jugendwärts 
Gehn deine Wege mehr.

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Composition:

Clemens von Franckenstein

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written <<1909, appears in Gertrud, first published 1910

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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
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-11-16
Line count: 18
Word count: 89

The Föhn‑wind screams every night

(Sung text translation for setting by C. von Franckenstein)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The Föhn-wind screams every night,
Its damp pinions flutter heavily.
Curlews reel through the air.
Now nothing sleeps any longer,
Now the whole land is wakened,
Spring calls.

In these nights I do not sleep.
My heart grows young,
From the blue depths of memory
Rises the fervent happiness of my youth,
So long it looks into my face,
Is startled and flees back.

Be still, be still, my heart!
Though in your veins, closely and heavily,
Passion stirs
And leads you upon the old paths --
Your ways no longer
Go toward youth.

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Translations of title(s):
"Der Föhn (aus " = "The Föhn-wind (from "Gertrud")"
"Der Föhn schreit jede Nacht" = "The Föhn-wind screams every night"

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