by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Translation © by Salvador Pila

Brüder
 (Sung text for setting by R. Töpfer)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG
 ... 

"Friede!" tönt es
Wie aus Märchen, aus Kinderträumen her.
"Friede."  Und kaum zu freuen
Wagt sich das Herz, ihm sind näher die Tränen.

Arme Menschen wir,
So des Guten wie Bösen fähig,
Tiere und Götter! Wie drückt das Weh,
Drückt die Scham uns heute zu Boden!

Aber wir hoffen. Und in der Brust
Lebt uns glühende Ahnung
Von den Wundern der Liebe.
Brüder! Uns steht zum Geiste,
Steht zur Liebe die Heimkehr
Und zu allen verlornen
Paradiesen die Pforte offen.

Wollet! Hoffet! Liebet!
Und die Erde gehört euch wieder.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 2-5 of the original text.

Composition:

    Set to music by Rudolf Töpfer (b. 1891), "Brüder", 1949, stanzas 2-5 [ soprano and four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], MS 1954

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Dem Frieden entgegen", subtitle: "Für die Waffenstillstandfeier des Radio Basel", written 1945, first published 1953?

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , subtitle: "For Radio Basel's celebration of the armistice", copyright © 2016, (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: 2009-06-14
Line count: 24
Word count: 120

Language: Catalan (Català)  after the German (Deutsch) 
 ... 

“Pau!” La paraula ressona
com de contes de fades, com de somnis d’infants.
“Pau.” I els cors no gosen alegrar-se,
les llàgrimes els són més properes.

Nosaltres, pobra gent,
tan capaços de la bondat com de la maldat,
bèsties i déus! Com ens abaten avui
el dolor i la vergonya!

Però tenim esperança. I als nostres pits
habita el fervent averany
dels prodigis de l’amor.
Companys! La porta està oberta
per al retorn a casa, a l’esperit,
a l’amor i a tots 
els paradisos perduts.

Estigueu disposats! Tingueu esperança! Estimeu!
I la terra us tornarà a pertànyer.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 2-5 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2023 by Salvador Pila, (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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Dem Frieden entgegen", subtitle: "Für die Waffenstillstandfeier des Radio Basel", written 1945, first published 1953?

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This text was added to the website: 2023-11-18
Line count: 24
Word count: 135