Beim Schlafengehen | Nun der Tag mich müd gemacht

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Beim Schlafengehen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT DUT ENG ENG FRE FRI ITA NOR SAN SPA

Nun der Tag mich müd gemacht,
Soll mein sehnliches Verlangen
Freundlich die gestirnte Nacht
Wie ein müdes Kind empfangen. 

Hände, laßt von allem Tun,
Stirn vergiß du alles Denken,
Alle meine Sinne nun
Wollen sich in Schlummer senken. 

Und die Seele unbewacht
Will in freien Flügen schweben,
Um im Zauberkreis der Nacht
Tief und tausendfach zu leben.

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Composition:

Alfred Stier

Zwölf Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Beim Schlafengehen", written 1911, first published 1911?

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Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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