Wieder seh ich Schleier sinken, Und Vertrautestes wird fremd, Neue Sternenräume winken, Seele schreitet traumgehemmt. Abermals in neuen Kreisen Ordnet sich um mich die Welt, Und ich seh mich eiteln Weisen, Als ein Kind hineingestellt. Doch aus früheren Geburten Zuckt entfernte Ahnung her: Sterne sanken, Sterne wurden, Und der Raum war niemals leer. Seele beugt sich und erhebt sich, Atmet in Unendlichkeit, Aus zerrißenen Fäden webt sich Neu und schöner Gottes Kleid.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Christine Triacca-Kalisch (1887 - 1969), "Neues Erleben ", <<1939 [ soprano and piano ], from Zwei Lieder, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Neues Erleben", written 1914
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Nova vivència", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "New Experience", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Nouvelle expérience", 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: 2009-05-20
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