Wenn alle Nachbarn schlafen gangen Und alle Fenster dunkel sind, Bin ich noch wach mit heißen Wangen, Das heimatlose Königskind. Dann schmück ich mich mit Purpurträumen, Mit Gürtel, Krone und Geschmeid, Dann rauscht mit goldverbrämten Säumen Um meine Knie das Königskleid. Und meine Seele reckt sich mächtig In Lust und Sehnsucht, stark und bleich, Und schafft sich stumm und mitternächtig Ein mondbeglänztes Heimwehreich.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Herbert Schultz (b. 1911), "Königskind", 1947 [ alto and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Altstimme und Klavier nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Königskind", written 1896
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Fill de rei", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Royal child", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Enfant de roi", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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