L'artiste | Ce que jai créé dans l'ardeur de mes années torrides

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Der Künstler

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Was ich schuf in heißer Jahre Glut
Steht am lauten Markt zur Schau gestellt.
Leicht vorüber geht die frohe Welt,
Lacht und lobt und findet alles gut.

Keiner weiß, daß dieser frohe Kranz,
Den die Welt mir lachend drückt ins Haar,
Meines Lebens Kraft verschlang und Glanz,
Ach, und daß das Opfer unnütz war.

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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 198.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Der Künstler", written 1911 [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 Arno Knapp (1913 - 1957), "Der Künstler" [ baritone and piano ], from 3 Lieder für Bariton nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (1903 - 1969), "Der Künstler", published 1970 [ baritone and piano ], from Hermann-Hesse-Gesänge - Gesänge des Abschieds, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "L'artista", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The artist", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "L'artiste", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-05-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 54

L'artiste

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Ce que jai créé dans l'ardeur de mes années torrides
Est exposé dans le bruyant marché.
Au-dessus passe le joyeux monde,
Qui rit, fait des éloges et trouve tout bien.

Personne ne sait que cette joyeuse couronne
Que le monde en riant a posé sur ma tête
A englouti la force de ma vie et son éclat,
Hélas, et que le sacrifice était inutile.

Text Authorship:

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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Der Künstler", written 1911
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This text was added to the website: 2017-11-12
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Word count: 64