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Meine Lieder stehen
Vor deiner Tür,
Sie klopfen an und beugen sich:
Öffnest du mir?
Meine Lieder haben
Einen seidenen Klang
Wie das Rauschen deines Kleides
Im Treppengang.
...
Meine Lieder kleidet
Ein schweres Rot,
Das deinem seidnen Kleide gleich
Knistert und loht.
Meine schönsten Lieder
Gleichen ganz dir.
Sie stehn an deiner Pforte
Öffnest du mir?
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4-5 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Olga Schwind (1887 - 1979), "Der Page", c1922, stanzas 1-2,4-5 [ voice and lute ], from Meine Lieder stehn vor deiner Tür - Lieder zur Laute zu singen, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Im Scherz", written 1898
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- 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
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-05-21
Line count: 20
Word count: 75
My poems stand
Before your door,
They knock and bow:
Will you open for me?
My poems have
A silky sound
Like the rustling of your dress
In the stairwell.
...
My poems are clothed
In heavy red
That, like your silk dress,
Crackles and blazes.
My loveliest poems
Are exactly like you.
They stand at your gate:
Will you open for me?
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4-5 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2018 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Im Scherz", written 1898
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This text was added to the website: 2018-01-03
Line count: 20
Word count: 78