Diví i etern és l’Esperit

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Schwer ist sein Weg, Sünde und Tod seine Speise

(Sung text for setting by A. Piechler)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG

 ... 
Schwer ist sein Weg, Sünde und Tod seine Speise,
Oft verirrt er ins Finstre, oft wär ihm
Besser, niemals erschaffen zu sein.
Ewig aber strahlt über ihm seine Sehnsucht,
Seine Bestimmung: das Licht, der Geist.
 ...

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Composition:

Arthur Piechler

Vom Baum des Lebens (Besinnung) - Kantate für Sopran, Alt, vierstimmigen Männerchor und Orchester

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Besinnung", written 1933

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-21
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Word count: 193

Penós és el seu camí, el pecat i la mort el seu nodriment

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Piechler)

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

 ... 
com cap altre ésser, i capaç del més elevat:
l’amor fidel i esperançat.
Penós és el seu camí, el pecat i la mort el seu nodriment,
sovint es perd en la foscúria, sovint fóra millor per a ell
de mai haver estat creat.
 ...

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