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[Sei]1 nicht traurig, bald ist es Nacht, Da sehn wir über dem bleichen Land Den kühlen Mond, wie er heimlich lacht Und ruhen Hand in Hand. Sei nicht traurig, bald kommt die Zeit, Da haben wir Ruh. [Unsre]2 Kreuzlein stehen Am hellen Straßenrande zu zweit, Und es regnet und schneit, Und die Winde kommen und gehen.
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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, page 183.
1 Ommeren: "O sei"2 Ommeren: "Unsere"
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Auf Wanderung", subtitle: "Dem Andenken Knulps", written 1907 [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 Dietrich Ammende (1901 - 1980), "Auf Wanderung", published 1960 [ voice and piano ], from Auf Wanderung - Ein Liederzyklus nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Bauer , "Auf Wanderung", 1943-8 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans-Georg Burghardt (1909 - 1993), "Auf Wanderung", op. 93 (Sieben ernste Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse) no. 4, published 1962 [ bass and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joachim Faber-Krause (b. 1913), "Auf Wanderung", published 1946 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Kracke (1910 - 1989), "Auf Wanderung", 1947 [ alto and piano ], from Drei Lieder für eine Altstimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Werner Kuck (1891 - ?), "Sei nicht traurig, bald ist es Nacht ", op. 19 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Günther Langenberg , "Auf Wanderung " [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Leukauf (1902 - 1978), "Auf Wanderung", 1947 [ medium voice and piano ], from Hesse-Lieder für mittlere Stimme, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edmund Nick (1891 - 1974), "Auf Wanderung", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Gesang und Klavier, no. 2, missing [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Niedermann (1881 - 1957), "Auf Wanderung " [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Nørgaard (b. 1916), "Auf Wanderung", <<1961 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran aus: Hermann Hesse, "Vom Baum des Lebens" und "Musik des Einsamen", no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Annie van Ommeren (b. 1914), "Auf Wanderung ", published 1964 [ voice and piano ], from Zeven Liederen op teksten van Hermann Hesse, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Casimir von Pászthory (1886 - 1966), "Sei nicht traurig", published 1936 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Pestalozzi (1878 - 1940), "Auf Wanderung ", op. 37 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 1 (1923), published <<1934 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hildegard Quiel (1888 - 1971), "Auf Wanderung", published 1967 [ voice and piano ], from Hesse-Lieder, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Reinhold , "Auf Wanderung " [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Dietrich Schmidt , "Auf Wanderung ", c1955 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Auf Wanderung " [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Auf Wanderung ", op. 12 no. 12 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf volkstümliche Gesänge für mittlere Stimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Scholz , "Auf Wanderung ", 1953 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Scholz , "Auf Wanderung " [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerhard Schumann (b. 1914), "Wanderung" [ soprano and viola ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Simbriger (1903 - 1976), "Auf Wanderung" [ medium voice and string trio ], from Fünf Lieder für mittlere Stimme mit Streichtriobegleitung, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Klaus Sochatzy , "Auf Wanderung " [ voice and piano ], from Sechs ausgewählte Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Kurt von Tenner (b. 1907), "Auf Wanderung", published 1934 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für hohe Stimme, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Herbert Thienemann (1884 - 1963), "Auf Wanderung ", published 1928 [ voice and guitar or lute ], from Wolken, Wind und Wälder weit ... - Lieder zur Gitarre (Laute), no. 47 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Tobler , "Auf Wanderung ", <<1944 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerhard Wohlgemuth (1920 - 2001), "Auf Wanderung", 1946, published 1951 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder für hohe Stimme, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix Wolfes (1892 - 1971), "Auf Wanderung", 1946 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Auf Wanderung", <<1950 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Upon a ramble", subtitle: "To the memory of Knulp", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "In cammino", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2007-06-02
Line count: 9
Word count: 56
[Do]1 not be sorrowful, soon it shall be night, Then, over the pale land, we shall see The cool moon secretly laughing And we shall rest hand in hand. Do not be sorrowful, soon the time shall come, Then we shall have rest. Our little crosses shall stand Together at the bright roadside. And it shall rain and snow And the winds shall come and go.
Subtitle: "To the memory of Knulp"
View original text (without footnotes)1 Ommeren: "Oh do"
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), "Auf Wanderung", subtitle: "Dem Andenken Knulps", written 1907
This text was added to the website: 2016-11-30
Line count: 9
Word count: 66