Der Tag tut frische Augen auf, Tautrunken glänzt die Welt Dem jungen Licht entgegen, Das golden sie umfangen hält. Im Walde bin ich unterwegs Und halte fleißig Schritt Mit dem geschwinden Morgen, Der nimmt mich als ein Bruder mit. Den Mittag seh ich heiß und schwer Im gelben Kornfeld stehn, Er sieht mich ohne Weile Vorüber und landeinwärts gehn. Und wenn der stille Abend kommt, Will ich am Ziele sein, Will wie der Tag verglühen, Geliebteste, am Herzen dein.
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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 190.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Weg zur Geliebten", written 1911 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Paul Breisach (1896 - 1952), "Weg zur Geliebten", op. 1 (Lieder) no. 7, published <<1919 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Czelinski (1901 - 1969), "Weg zur Geliebten", op. 2 no. 2 (1924) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Gerhardt, jun. (1888 - 1985), "Weg zur Geliebten" [ medium voice or high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz-Otto Hoffmann (b. 1902), "Weg zur Geliebten", 1932-47 [ voice and piano ], from 21 Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans-Joachim Marx , "Weg zur Geliebten", <<1952 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Sieben Orchesterlieder für Sopran nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2, lost? [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Will Mewes , "Weg zur Geliebten ", 1929 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Musik des Einsamen - Ein Liederzyklus von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Weg zur Geliebten ", op. 11 no. 8, published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Zweiter Liederkreis - 15 Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Path to the beloved", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chemin vers la bien-aimée", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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