Xiular | El piano i el violí, que jo veritablement aprecio

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Pfeifen

(Sung text for setting by L. Gromann)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Klavier und Geige weiß ich wohl zu schätzen, 
Doch konnte ich mich mit ihnen kaum befassen; 
Mir hat bis jetzt des Lebens rasche Hetze
Nur zu der Kunst des Pfeifens Zeit gelassen. 

Zwar darf ich mich noch keinen Meister nennen,
Lang ist die Kunst und kurz ist unser Leben. 
Doch alle, die des Pfeifens Kunst nicht kennen, 
Bedaure ich. Mir hat sie viel gegeben. 

Zwar hab ich längst mir innigst vorgenommen,
In dieser Kunst von Grad zu Grad zu reifen,
Und hoffe endlich noch dahin zu kommen, 
Auf mich, auf euch, auf alle Welt zu pfeifen.

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Composition:

Leni Gromann

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Pfeifen", written 1927, appears in Verse im Krankenbett, no. 2

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Xiular", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Whistling", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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

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

(Sung text translation for setting by L. Gromann)

See original

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

El piano i el violí, que jo veritablement aprecio,
a penes els podia tocar;
fins ara, el rabent tragí de la vida
només m’ha deixat temps per a l’art de xiular.

A ben cert, encara no em puc considerar un mestre,
extens és l’art i curta la nostra vida.
Però ho sento molt per els qui no coneixen l’art de xiular,
a mi, m’ha donat molt.

Així doncs, de fa molt temps, m’he proposat de tot cor,
millorar en aquest art, pas a pas,
i encara espero finalment d’arribar al punt de xiular:
a mi mateix, a vosaltres i a tot el món.

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