December | Though you have ever so many cares

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Dezember

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Magst noch so viele Sorgen haben,
Was wissen davon deine Mädel und Knaben?
Wirf ab, was dich bedrücken mag,
Rüst ihnen reich den Weihnachtstag,
Damit auch dir im Herzen
Der Heiland wohnen mag.

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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 532.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Dezember", written 1906, appears in Monatssprüche, no. 12 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Karl Hasse (1883 - 1960), "Dezember", op. 104 no. 12 (1950) [ SATB quartet and piano or orchestra ], from Monatsprüche, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Otto Scheuch (1880 - ?), "Dezember", op. 77 no. 12 [ tenor, SATB chorus, and optional string quartet or piano ad libitum ], from Monatsprüche, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Desembre", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "December", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-10
Line count: 6
Word count: 33

December

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Though you have ever so many cares,
What do your girls and boys know of that?
Cast off what may be weighing upon you,
Prepare Christmas for them opulently,
In order that in your heart as well
The Saviour may take up residence.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Dezember", written 1906, appears in Monatssprüche, no. 12
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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-10
Line count: 6
Word count: 43