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Unbegreiflich fremd und ferne Blickt die Jugendheimat her, Ihre Sonnen, ihre Sterne Leuchten meinem Weg nicht mehr. Ihre Freuden und Beschwerden Heute Lied und Sage sind, Ihre Namen und Gebärden Kaum noch Blätterspiel im Wind. Aber hier auf Buches Zeilen Stehen sie zum Bild gebannt, Warten treulich und verweilen, Haben Form und halten Stand. Und nach leidgetränkten Jahren, Die so vieles uns zerstört, Wird der Welt, die wir einst waren, Sage immer noch gehört. Ihre Runen werden bleicher, Ihre Töne fern und zart, Doch sie hat in zauberreicher Anmut ewige Gegenwart.
J. Wetzel sets lines 1-8, 17-20
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Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Beim Wiederlesen von 'Heumond' und 'Schön ist die Jugend'", written 1944 [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 Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Jugendheimat", 1947, lines 1-8,17-20 [ voice and piano ] [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) , no title, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2014-10-21
Line count: 20
Word count: 91
Unfathomably foreign and far away The homeland of youth gazes toward me, Its suns, its stars No longer shine upon my way. Its joys and burdens Are song and legend now, Its names and gestures Are barely even the play of leaves in the wind. But here in the lines of a book They stand transfixed into an image, They wait faithfully and remain, They have a form and are steadfast. And after sorrow-drenched years That destroyed so much for us, The legend of the world that we once were Shall still be heard. Its runes are becoming paler, Its sounds distant and delicate, But in magical charm and beauty It has an eternal presence.
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Translated titles:"Beim Wiederlesen von "Heumond" und "Schön ist die Jugend"" = "Upon rereading “Heumond (July)” and "Schön ist die Jugend (Youth is Lovely)""
"Jugendheimat" = "Homeland of youth"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Beim Wiederlesen von 'Heumond' und 'Schön ist die Jugend'", written 1944
This text was added to the website: 2014-10-21
Line count: 20
Word count: 115