Durch des Lebens Wüste irr ich glühend Und erstöhne unter meiner Last, Aber irgendwo, vergessen fast, Weiß ich schattige Gärten kühl und blühend. Aber irgendwo in Traumesferne Weiß ich warten eine Ruhestatt, Wo die Seele wieder Heimat hat, Weiß ich Schlummer warten, Nacht und Sterne.
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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 287.
Composition:
- Set to music by Walter Steffens (b. 1934), "Irgendwo", <<1957 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ]
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Irgendwo", written 1925
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "En algun lloc", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Anywhere", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-04-01
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