Wir Kinder im Juli geboren Lieben den Duft des weißen Jasmin, Wir wandern an blühenden Gärten hin Still und in schwere Träume verloren. Unser Bruder ist der scharlachene Mohn, Der brennt in flackernden Schauern Im Ährenfeld und auf den heißen Mauern, Dann treibt seine Blätter der Wind davon. Wie eine Julinacht will unser Leben Traumbeladen seinen Reigen vollenden, Träumen und heißen Erntefesten ergeben, Kränze von Ähren und rotem Mohn in den Händen.
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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, pages 156-157.
Composition:
- Set to music by Ekkehart Oehler , "Julikinder", 1957 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Julikinder", written 1904, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Nascuts al juliol", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Children of July", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Enfants de juillet", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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