Möchten viele Seelen dies verstehen, Möchten viele Liebende es lernen: So im eigenen Dufte sich berauschen, So verliebt dem Mörder Wind zu lauschen, So in rosiges Blätterspiel verwehen, Lächelnd sich vom Liebesmahl entfernen, So den Abschied als ein Fest begehen, So gelöst dem Leiblichen entsinken Und wie einen Kuß den Tod zu trinken.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Rudolf Krauss (b. 1907), "Möchten viele Seelen dies verstehen", <<1957 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Verwelkende Rosen", written 1927
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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