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O wie die Tage verblühn Gleich kühlen Tänzen! Keiner will lodern und glänzen, Keiner will sprühn! Da ich ein Knabe war, Da liefen die Stunden Mädchenleicht, blumenumwunden Und Kränze im Haar. Heile mich, selige Frau, Der ich vergeblich klage, Dann sind voll Glück alle Tage Und alle Himmel blau!
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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 215-216.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Jüngling", written 1910 [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 Otto Maurer (1898 - 1959), "Jüngling" [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Franz Schwarz , "Jüngling", 1948 [ voice and piano (or orchestra?) ], from Musik des Einsamen, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alfred Stier (1880 - 1968), "Jüngling", 1918 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Vleugels (1899 - 1978), "O wie die Tage verblühn", published 1953 [ voice and piano ], from Amethyst - Elf Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Jüngling", op. 12 (<<1953) [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2025, (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) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 49
Oh, comme les jours se flétrissent, Pareils à des danses glaciales ! Aucun ne flamboie ni ne brille, Aucun ne pétille ! Lorsque j'étais enfant Les heures couraient, Filles légères ceintes de fleurs, Une couronne dans les cheveux. Guéris-moi, femme regrettée, Que je pleure en vain, Tous les jours seront alors emplis de bonheur, Et tous les ciels bleus !
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Translations of title(s):
"Jüngling" = "Adolescent"
"O wie die Tage verblühn" = "Oh, comme les jours se flétrissent"
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2017 by Pierre Mathé, (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), "Jüngling", written 1910
This text was added to the website: 2017-03-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 57