by
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Erwachen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
Stille Zeit kam träg geschlichen,
Alle Stürme schwiegen tief,
Alles Leid war ganz verblichen
Und die Seele schlief.
Aber heut bin ich erwacht
Tief in Finsternissen,
Ringsum dunkelte die Nacht.
Jäh emporgerissen
Aus der langen, lahmen Rast
Schlug mein Herz in banger Hast,
Hell aus langgeheilten Wunden
Brannten der Vergangenheit
Leidenschaften neu entbunden.
Seele bist du nun erwacht?
Ist zu Ende Schlaf und Ruh?
Schau, sie steht zu neuem Leid,
Neuen Stürmen froh entschlossen
Und sie zittert, und sie lacht
Allen Himmelssternen zu,
Ihren seligen Genossen.
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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 144.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Awakening", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Réveil", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2014-10-21
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Réveil
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch)
Le calme se glissa mollement,
Toutes tempêtes se turent
Toute douleur s'éteignit
Et mon âme s'endormit.
Mais aujourd'hui je me suis réveillé
Dans une profonde obscurité
Entouré par une sombre nuit.
Brutalement arraché
D'un long et paralysant repos
Mon cœur battait d'une hâte craintive,
Les flammes claires des passions du passé,
À nouveau libérées, brûlaient
Des blessures depuis longtemps cicatrisées.
Âme, es-tu maintenant réveillée ?
Le sommeil et le repos arrivent-ils à leur terme ?
Voyez, elle fait face à de nouvelles douleurs,
De nouvelles tempêtes, joyeusement déterminée
Et elle tremble, et elle rit
À toutes les étoiles du ciel,
Ses bienheureuses compagnes.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Erwachen", written 1903-1910
This text was added to the website: 2017-01-22
Line count: 20
Word count: 103