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Wald läßt die Blätter sinken, Talnebel hängen schwer, Es hat der Strom kein Blinken, Der Wald kein Rauschen mehr. Da kommt der Sturm gepfiffen Und schüttelt lichtes Haar Und fegt mit festen Griffen Das Land vom Nebel klar. Er schont nicht Laub nicht Äste, Nichts Hübsches ist ihm wert, Der Vogel bangt im Neste, Der Bauer friert am Herd. Räum auf und brich in Scherben, Was nimmer halten mag, Und reiß aus Nacht und Sterben Empor den lichten Tag!
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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 224.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "November 1914", written 1914 [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 Oskar Baumann , "Herbsttag", op. 311 (Hermann Hesse-Lieder, 4. Folge) no. 3 (1947) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fritz Jöde (1887 - 1970), "Novembersturm", published 1918 [ voice and lute ], from Die bunten Lieder zur Laute gesungen, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Nahme , "November", 1949 [ tenor and piano ], from Herbstkantate nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 18 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walter Steffens (b. 1934), "November 1914 ", c1955 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (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: 2009-04-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 79
The wind causes the leaves to drift down, The mists of the valley hang heavily, The river no longer sparkles, The woods no longer sough. Suddenly the storm comes a-whistling And shakes its bright hair And with a strong grip it sweeps The land clear of fog. It spares neither the foliage nor the branches, Nothing lovely is important to it, The bird cowers anxiously in the nest, The farmer freezes at the hearth. Clean up and break to shards That which shall never hold up, And from out of night and dying Wrench forth the bright day!
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Translations of title(s):
"Novembersturm" = "November storm"
"Herbsttag" = "Autumn day"
"November" = "November"
"November 1914" = "November 1914"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "November 1914", written 1914
This text was added to the website: 2017-11-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 98