by
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Alpenpaß
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): CAT ENG FRE
Durch viele Täler wandernd kam ich her,
Nach keinem Ziele hin steht mein Begehr.
Hinschauend seh ich an der Ferne Rand
Italien, meiner Jugendjahre Land,
Indes vom Norden mir herüberschaut
Das kühlere Land, wo ich mein Haus gebaut.
Ich schaue still mit wunderlichem Schmerz
Zu meinem Jugendgarten südenwärts
Und winke grüßend mit geschwungenem Hut
Dem Norden zu, wo nun mein Wandern ruht.
Und brennend geht es durch die Seele mir:
Ach, meine Heimat ist nicht dort, nicht hier!
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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 203.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Coll dels Alps", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Alpine pass", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Col alpin", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2014-01-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 78
Alpine pass
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Wandering through many valleys I came,
I have no desire for any goal.
Gazing, I see on the rim of the distance
Italy, the land of the years of my youth,
While looking at me from the north
Is the cooler land, where I built my house.
I gaze silently with strange and curious pain
Southward to the garden of my youth
And wave my hat in greeting
To the north, where now my wandering rests.
And burningly a thought passes through my soul:
Ah, my homeland is neither there, nor here!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Alpenpaß", written c1910
This text was added to the website: 2014-01-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 92