Verschenke dich, so stolz du bist, Verschenke alles, was du hast! Die Jugend ist ein flüchtiger Gast, Der bald gegangen ist. Gib dich einem armen Knaben, Dem du keine Liebe wehrst, Mach ihn reich, so wirst du erst Selber dich zu eigen haben.
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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 187.
Composition:
- Set to music by Georg Meerwein (b. 1932), "Schönheit", 1957 [ baritone and piano ], from Drei Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Schönheit", written 1911
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Beauty", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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