Wenn doch mein Leben fürder geht Und manchmal noch aus reichen Ranken Ein reifes Lied mir niederweht, Ich hab's auch dir zu danken. Du weißt es nicht, denn ich begrub Dein Bild in meiner Nächte Schweigen. Und was mein Lied zu Tage hub, War schon zuvor dein eigen.
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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 42.
Composition:
- Set to music by Eduard Pütz , "Wenn doch mein Leben fürder geht ", 1951 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Wenn doch mein Leben", written 1898, appears in Maria, no. 5
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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