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Seltsam, im Nebel zu wandern! Einsam ist jeder Busch und Stein, Kein Baum sieht den andern, Jeder ist allein. Voll Freunden war mir die Welt, Als noch mein Leben licht war; Nun, da der Nebel fällt, Ist keiner mehr sichtbar. Wahrlich, keiner ist weise, Der nicht das Dunkel kennt, Das [unentrinnbar]1 und leise Von allen ihn trennt. Seltsam, im Nebel zu wandern! Leben ist [Einsamsein]2. Kein Mensch kennt den andern, Jeder ist allein.
H. Nobis sets stanzas 1-2
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, pages 136-137.
1 Knayer: "unerbittlich"2 Knayer: "einsam sein"
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Im Nebel", written 1905 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Walther Aeschbacher (1901 - 1969), "Im Nebel", published 1935 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Bauer , "Im Nebel", 1943-8 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Behrens , "Seltsam, im Nebel zu wandern!", 1955 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Kurt Bikkembergs (b. 1963), "Im Nebel", published 1992 [ soprano and four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Blankenburg , "Im Nebel", 1937 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fritz Braun (b. 1930), "Herbstlied", published 1954 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Werner Bühler (1904 - 1968), "Im Nebel" [ high voice and piano ], from Lieder für eine höhere Singstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Bumcké (1876 - 1963), "Im Nebel", op. 81 no. 1 (<<1955) [ voice and chamber orchestra or piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans-Georg Burghardt (1909 - 1993), "Im Nebel", op. 93 (Sieben ernste Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse) no. 3, published 1962 [ bass and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Czelinski (1901 - 1969), "Im Nebel", 1948 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Frédéric Decrauzat , "Im Nebel", 1946 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Helene Regina Dehner , "Im Nebel" [ unaccompanied voice ], from Sieben Lieder, no. 5, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz Dunker , "Im Nebel", published 1986 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Manfred Ehrhorn (b. 1930), "Im Nebel" [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gottfried von Einem (1918 - 1996), "Im Nebel", op. 43 no. 1 (1974) [ medium voice and piano ], from Leb wohl, Frau Welt, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Etti (1912 - 1996), "Im Nebel", published 1972 [ three-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Victor Fenigstein (b. 1924), "Im Nebel", 1944 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 3, from Aus deiner Jugend, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Josef Frey (b. 1907), "Im Nebel", 1951 [ soprano and piano ], from Hermann Hesse-Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Géza Frid (1904 - 1989), "Im Nebel", op. 59 no. 2, published 1960 [ voice and piano ], from Abschied, liederencyclus, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Funk (1893 - ?), "Im Nebel" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Maria Anna Gary (b. 1903), "Im Nebel", published 1949 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder - Das Menschenherz in der Natur, 14 Heft, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Gerhardt, jun. (1888 - 1985), "Im Nebel" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Haas (1879 - 1960), "Im Nebel", op. 65 no. 2, published 1925 [ high voice and piano ], from Unterwegs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Luise Katharina Hagenmeyer , "Im Nebel" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erwin Hauff (1894 - 1960), "Im Nebel", 1929 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Oswald Hellmuth , "Im Nebel", op. 55 no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo Herrmann (1896 - 1967), "Im Nebel", published 1949 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Weggesänge - Drei Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jakob Herrmann (b. 1908), "Im Nebel", 1948 [ bass and orchestra ], from Drei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Artur Hoffmann (1864 - 1931), "Im Nebel" [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by K. E. Hoffmann , "Im Nebel" [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Hermann Hesse-Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eugen Holzwarth , "Im Nebel", 1934 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bertold Hummel (1925 - 2002), "Im Nebel", op. 71a no. 1, published 1978, from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fritz Ihlau (1909 - 1995), "Im Nebel", published 1957 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig Jamöck , "Im Nebel", 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Jochum (1898 - 1969), "Im Nebel", op. 139 no. 2 (<<1953) [ low voice and oboe with speaker ad libitum ], from Stufen der Einsamkeit, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Viktor Kioulaphides (b. 1961), "Im Nebel" [ counter-tenor, guitar, and mandolin ], from Hesse Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Klingler , "Im Nebel", <<1917 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Knayer (1876 - 1932), "Im Nebel" [ medium voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 2 times]
- by Egon Kornauth (1891 - 1959), "Im Nebel", op. 22 (Lieder nach Hermann Hesse) no. 4, published 1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Kracke (1910 - 1989), "Im Nebel", 1947 [ alto and piano ], from Drei Lieder für eine Altstimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Krause (b. 1889), "Im Nebel", op. 15 no. 4, published 1958 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Krauss (b. 1907), "Im Nebel", <<1957 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Margot Kuchenbäcker , "Seltsam, im Nebel zu wandern!", 1949 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans-Hermann Kurig (1914 - 2002), "Im Nebel", 1948 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walter Lange (1884 - 1960), "Im Nebel ", 1954 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans-Klaus Langer (1903 - 1987), "Im Nebel ", published 1957 [ medium voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für mittlere Stimme, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Ludwig Leitner (b. 1943), "Im Nebel ", 1975, first performed 1977 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Leukauf (1902 - 1978), "Im Nebel", 1947 [ medium voice and piano ], from Hesse-Lieder für mittlere Stimme, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Levy (1895 - 1981), "Im Nebel ", 1976 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Orlando de Martin , "Im Nebel ", 1956 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans-Joachim Marx , "Im Nebel ", <<1952 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Sieben Orchesterlieder für Sopran nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Melendorff , "Im Nebel " [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Viktor Merz (b. 1891), "Im Nebel ", published 1921 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Ludwig Meyer-Olbersleben (1898 - 1991), "Im Nebel ", 1953 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alfred Moos (1899 - ?), "Im Nebel ", published 1956 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Müller-Blum , "Im Nebel ", first performed 1956 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Nahme , "Im Nebel ", 1949 [ voice, piano, violin, and violoncello ], from Herbstkantate nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Herbert Nobis , "Im Nebel", published 1984, stanzas 1-2 [ three-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Vier Herbst-Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Owens (1925 - 2017), "Im Nebel", op. 20 (3 Lieder) no. 3 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Casimir von Pászthory (1886 - 1966), "Im Nebel", published 1936 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Krzysztof Penderecki (1933 - 2020), "Im Nebel", 2005, first performed 2005 [ voices and orchestra ], from Symphony No. 8: Piesni Przemijania (Songs of Transitoriness) (Lieder der Vergänglichkeit), no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emil Petschnig (1877 - 1939), "Im Nebel ", published <<1919 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hildegard Quiel (1888 - 1971), "Im Nebel ", published 1967 [ voice and piano ], from Hesse-Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans-Joachim Reimann , "Im Nebel", 1952 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by August Reuss (1871 - 1935), "Im Nebel", op. 44 (Sechs Lieder für mittlere Singstimme) no. 2, published 1924 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Martin Rössler (b. 1934), "Im Nebel ", 1958 [ soprano and piano ], from Unterwegs - Liederzyklus für Sopran und Klavier nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Scheuch (1880 - ?), "Im Nebel ", op. 80 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josy (Joseph) Schlageter (1883 - 1919), "Im Nebel ", published 1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Martin Schlensog (b. 1897), "Nebellied", 1934 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Im Nebel ", op. 33 no. 1 [ high voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für hohe Stimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Schneider (1912 - 1991), "Im Nebel", op. 44 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3 (1986) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Im Nebel", WoO. 45 (1952), published 1965 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Scholz , "Im Nebel ", 1953 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Schrickel , "Im Nebel", 1930 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Käthe Schumann , "Im Nebel ", 1950 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Herbert Schweikert (b. 1927), "Im Nebel ", 1952 [ alto and thirteen instruments ], from Über die Felder... : Sechs Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Klaus Sochatzy , "Im Nebel " [ voice and piano ], from Sechs ausgewählte Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walter Steffens (b. 1934), "Im Nebel " [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Frank Steiner , "Im Nebel ", 1961 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erich Stelse , "Nebellied", op. 45 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alfred Stier (1880 - 1968), "Im Nebel ", <<1954 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerhard Stöckel , "Im Nebel ", 1959 [ four-part (men's?) chorus a cappella ], from Zwei Chöre, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Benjamin Stoll , "Im Nebel ", 1953 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Uwe Strübing (b. 1956), "Im Nebel", op. 11 (Drei Lieder für hohe Stimme und Klavier) no. 2 (1989) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Stubbe (1866 - 1938), "Im Nebel", published 1927 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Heinz Taubert (1912 - 1990), "Im Nebel ", 1942, published 1962 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vom Baum des Lebens - Vier Lieder für mittlere Singstimme nach Worten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Carl Theodor) Oskar Ulmer (1883 - 1966), "Im Nebel", op. 40 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fried Walter (1907 - 1996), "Im Nebel ", 1977 [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans-Klaus Wanger , "Im Nebel", 1946 [ voice and orchestra ], from Der Geschlagenen - Zyklus von Orchesterliedern [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Wasser , "Im Nebel", op. 21 no. 3 (<<1957) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Percy) Gerd Watkinson (b. 1918), "Im Nebel ", published 1975 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Landstreicherlieder auf Verse von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Widmer (1927 - 1990), "Im Nebel ", 1944-6 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Grete Wilhelm (b. 1904), "Im Nebel", <<1960 [ SAT chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Grete Wilhelm (b. 1904), "Im Nebel ", published 1960 [ SAT chorus a cappella ], from Sechs Chöre für 2 Frauen- und 1 Männerstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix Wolfes (1892 - 1971), "Im Nebel", 1941 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Georg Wolfsohn (1881 - 1955), "Im Nebel ", published 1913 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christof Wüst (b. 1926), "Nebel", <<1955 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz Zabel , "Im Nebel ", <<1949 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Zentner (b. 1903), "Im Nebel " [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leo Zeÿen , "Im Nebel", 1948 [ baritone and piano ], from Drei Lieder für Bariton, no. 1 [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 [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "In the mists", copyright © 2010, (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) , "Dans le brouillard", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , "Sa cheobhrán", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Nebbia", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 73
Aisteach, sa cheobhrán – is ar fán! Uaigneach atá gach cloch is sceach, Tá na crainn go léir dall, Leis féin ‘tá gach neach. Na cairde a bhí ’gam tráth Nuair ’bhí an solas i réim! Ach, féach ar an gceobhrán! Tá gach éinne i gcéin. Go deimhin, níl ciall ag éinne Nach gcloíonn leis an dubh A scarann sinn lena shéimhe Ó gach ’bhfuil ann inniu. Aisteach, sa cheobhrán – is ar fán Sceirdiúil atá an domhan. Gach neach againne dall, Níl ach uaigneas ann.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Irish (Gaelic) copyright © 2014 by Gabriel Rosenstock.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Im Nebel", written 1905
This text was added to the website: 2014-11-24
Line count: 16
Word count: 86