by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Lange waren meine Augen müd'
 (Sung text for setting by E. Uray)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Lange waren meine Augen müd
Und vom Rauch der Städte bang verschleiert,
Nun erwacht ich schaudernd. Feste feiert
Jeder Baum und jeder Garten blüht.

Wieder wie ich einst als Knabe sah,
Seh ich fröhlich durch die sanften Weiten
Engel ihre weißen Flügel breiten
Und die Augen Gottes blau und nah.

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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 133.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ernst Ludwig Uray (1906 - 1988), "Lange waren meine Augen müd'" [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2025, (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


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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-04
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