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Lange hab ich nun dem Regenlied gelauscht, Tagelang und viele Nächte lang, Wie es schwebend hängt und träumend rauscht, Eingehüllt in ewig gleichen Klang. Ähnlich klang mir einst im fernsten Reich Der Chinesen gleitende Musik, Heimchendünn und hoch und ewig gleich, Doch voll Reiz in jedem Augenblick. Regenrauschen und Chinesenlied, Wasserfallmusik und Meeresklang, Welche Macht ist's, die mich wieder zieht Euren Zaubern nach die Welt entlang? Eure Seele ist der ewige Ton, Der nicht Zeit und der nicht Wechsel kennt, Dessen Heimat wir vorzeit entflohn, Dessen Nachklang uns im Herzen brennt.
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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 247.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Regenzeit", written 1918 [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 Richard Maux (1893 - 1971), "Regenzeit", op. 283 (1934), published 1936 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fried Walter (1907 - 1996), "Regenzeit ", 1977 [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Sechs Lieder aus dem Tessin durch die Jahreszeiten, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The rainy season", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le temps de la pluie", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2014-03-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 91
J'ai longtemps écouté le chant de la pluie, Durant des jours et durant bien des nuits, Quand il flotte en suspens et bruisse en rêvant, Éternellement enveloppé dans une même sonorité. J'ai entendu un jour dans un lointain royaume De telles sonorités dans la flottante musique chinoise, Ténue comme le chant du grillon et haute et toujours pareille, Et pourtant à chaque instant pleine d'attraits. Bruissement de la pluie et chant de Chine, Musique des cascades et son de la mer, Quelle est cette force qui à nouveau m'attire De par le monde vers votre enchantement ? Votre âme est le son éternel Qui ne connaît ni le temps ni le changement, Dont nous avons fui le pays il y a bien longtemps, Dont l'écho enflamme notre cœur.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Regenzeit", written 1918
This text was added to the website: 2017-04-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 128