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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Hundstage
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG
Wie nun am dürren Ginsterhang,
Im braunen Stein, im goldnen Staub,
Im gilbenden Akazienlaub
Der Sommer seinen Überschwang
Austobt und in sich selbst verbrennt!
Aus dürrer Schote knistern schwarze Kerne,
Und abends hängen schwer die Sterne 
Wie überreif am Firmament,
Das wie ein Puls im Fieber pocht
Und von verhaltnen Wettern kocht.
Wo eben noch in frohen Schauern
Das Leben feucht und spielend rann,
Keucht Sommer wütend hügelan
Der Höhe zu. Er will nicht dauern,
Er lechzt nach Rausch und Opferglück,
Ihn rief der Tod: auf hagrem Pferde
Jagt er voran und läßt die Erde 
Erschöpft, verblüht, verbrannt zurück. 

Und seufzend reckt sich Laub und Gras
Und raschelt hart und klirrt wie Glas.

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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, pages 318-319.


Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Hundstage", written 1933 [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 Hans Uwe Strübing (b. 1956), "Hundstage", op. 11 (Drei Lieder für hohe Stimme und Klavier) no. 1 (1989) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Canícula", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Dog days", 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: 2018-08-08
Line count: 20
Word count: 113

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