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Deine hellen Augen sind zugetan,
Dir brach die Nacht schon ein,
Dir brach der neue Weltengang schon an.
Doch du bist mein,
Ob auch die Sonne mir noch Mittag lacht,
Und ich bin dein
Und folge dir wenn meine Zeit vollbracht,
In deine Nacht.
Und aus dem Schoß,
Der dich und mich verschlang
Wächst neu und groß
In ewigem Lebensdrang
Der alten Heimat Geist empor.
Die Jugend wandelt licht in weiten Räumen
Und hört der Ahnen Chor
Als dunklen Quell im heilgen Berge träumen.
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Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Einem im Felde gefallenen Freund", written 1915 [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 Walter Braunfels (1882 - 1954), "Auf ein Soldatengrab", op. 26, published 1915-8 [ bass and orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edmund Nick (1891 - 1974), "Einem im Felde gefallenen Freund", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Gesang und Klavier, no. 5, missing [sung text checked 1 time]
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) , "To a friend who fell on the battlefield", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2014-03-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 84
Your bright eyes have been closed,
Night has already fallen for you,
A new world order has already dawned for you.
Yet you are mine,
Although for me the sun still shines with noonday brightness,
And I am yours
And shall follow you when my time is done,
Into your night.
And from the womb
That swallowed you and me
Springs forth new and large
In eternal compulsion for life
The spirit of the old homeland.
Youth wanders brightly in wide expanses
And hears the choir of the ancestors
Dreaming as a dark water-spring in the sacred mountain.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs, (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), "Einem im Felde gefallenen Freund", written 1915
This text was added to the website: 2014-03-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 98