Fingerlein schreibt ein Gedicht, Magnolie bleich schaut zum Fenster herein, Im Glas funkelt dunkel der Abendwein, Spiegelt der Geliebten Haar und Gesicht. Sommernacht hat ihre dünnen Sterne verstreut, Jugendgedächtnis duftet im mondhellen Laub . . . Bald, mein Fingerlein, sind wir Moder und Staub, Übermorgen - morgen - vielleicht noch heut.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Hermann Ruck (1897 - 1983), "Sommerabend", op. 112 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1948) [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Sommerabend", written 1927
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