Warm in dunkler Gartenkühle Schweben bunte Ampelreihn, Senden aus dem Laubgewühle Zart geheimnisvollen Schein. Eine lächelt hell zitronen, Rot und weiße lachen feist, Eine blaue scheint zu wohnen Im Geäst wie Mond und Geist. Eine plötzlich steht in Flammen, Zuckt empor, ist rasch verloht... Schwestern schauern still zusammen, Lächeln, warten auf den Tod: Mondblau, Weingelb, Sammetrot.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Karl Julius Marx (1897 - 1985), "Lampions in der Sommernacht ", op. 66 no. 2 [ three-part women's chorus a cappella ], from Drei Gedichte von Hermann Hesse für Frauenchor, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Lampions in der Sommernacht", written 1929
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-05
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