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Was blickst du träumend ins verwölkte Land? Ich gab mein Herz in deine schöne Hand. Es ist so voll von ungesagtem Glück, So heiß - hast du es nicht gefühlt? Mit fremdem Lächeln gibst du mir's zurück. Ein sanfter Schmerz ... Es schweigt. Es ist gekühlt.
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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 137.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Abendgespräch", written 1904 [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 Maria Bach (1896 - 1978), as Emilie Maria von Bach, "Abengespräch", 1958 [ baritone and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Texten von H. Hesse, no. 1, Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Werner Bühler (1904 - 1968), "Abendgespräch" [ high voice and piano ], from Lieder für eine höhere Singstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "Abendgespräch", 1914 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Gerhardt, jun. (1888 - 1985), "Abendgespräch" [ medium voice or high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Carl Jungwirth , "Abendgespräch", 1934 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans-Hermann Kurig (1914 - 2002), "Abendgespräch" [ voice and piano ], from Trost der Nacht - Ein Zyklus in fünf Liedern nach Worten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Lache , "Abendgespräch", 1950-2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Maurer (1898 - 1959), "Abendgespräch" [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Will Mewes , "Abendgespräch", 1929 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Musik des Einsamen - Ein Liederzyklus von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Annie van Ommeren (1913 - 1991), "Abendgespräch", published 1964 [ voice and piano ], from Zeven Liederen op teksten van Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz Sälter , "Abendgespräch", op. 14 no. 4 (1949) [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Fünf Chorsätze und ein Kanon nach Worten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Abendgespräch", op. 12 no. 3 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf volkstümliche Gesänge für mittlere Stimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig Scholl , "Abendgespräch" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl von Szelle , "Abendgespräch", 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Sechszehn [sic] Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (1903 - 1969), "Abendgespräch", published 1970 [ baritone and piano ], from Hermann-Hesse-Gesänge - Gesänge des Abschieds, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix Wolfes (1892 - 1971), "Abendgespräch", 1966 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Col·loqui vespral", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Evening conversation", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Colloque vespéral", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2007-06-02
Line count: 6
Word count: 44
Why do you gaze dreamily into the beclouded land? I placed my heart into your lovely hand. It is so full of unspoken happiness, So fervent -- did you not perceive it? With an estranging smile you give it back to me. A gentle pain . . . It falls silent. It is cooled.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 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), "Abendgespräch", written 1904
This text was added to the website: 2016-07-13
Line count: 6
Word count: 53