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Eines Dichters Traumgerank Mag sich feiner nicht verzweigen, Leichter nicht dem Winde neigen, Edler nicht ins Blaue steigen. Zärtlich, jung und überschlank Lässest du die lichten, langen Zweige mit verhaltnem Bangen Jedem Hauche regbar hangen. Also wiegend leis und schwank Willst du mir mit deinen feinen Schauern einer zärtlich reinen Jugendliebe Gleichnis scheinen.
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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 57-58.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Die Birke", written 1900, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Von Wanderungen, first published 1919 [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 Paul Haegele , "Die Birke", 1943 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder auf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erwin Hauff (1894 - 1960), "Die Birke", 1955-7, published 1960 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig Jamöck , "Die Birke", 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Schoendlinger (1919 - 1983), "Die Birke ", published 1956 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Drei Lieder nach Worten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix Wolfes (1892 - 1971), "Die Birke", 1951 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The birch tree", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le bouleau", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-05-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 53
A poet’s intricate web of dreams May not branch out more delicately, May not bow down more gently before the wind, May not rise into the blueness more nobly. Delicate, young and over-slender You, with suppressed trepidation, Let your light, long branches hang down, Movable by every breath of wind. Rocking thus, quietly and with swaying, You, with with your fine tremblings, Seem to me to be a metaphor of Tenderly pure young love.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Die Birke", written 1900, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Von Wanderungen, first published 1919
This text was added to the website: 2017-12-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 74