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Wie eine weiße Wolke Am hohen Himmel steht, So weiß und schön und ferne Bist du, Elisabeth. Die Wolke geht und wandert, Kaum hast du ihrer acht, Und doch durch deine Träume Geht sie in dunkler Nacht. Geht und erglänzt so silbern, Daß fortan ohne Rast Du nach der weißen Wolke Ein süßes Heimweh hast.
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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 2 Die Romane, Peter Camenzind, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2001, page 170.
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 69.
Authorship
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1900, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Buch der Liebe, in Elisabeth, no. 3 [author's text checked 3 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 Richard Czelinski (1901 - 1969), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1923. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Frédéric Decrauzat , "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1948 [voice and piano], from Vier Lieder, no. 4. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Georg Ebner (1896 - ?), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", op. 154 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5 (1957). [high voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Clara Faisst (1872 - 1948), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1905. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edwin Fischer (1886 - 1960), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", op. 1 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, published 1919. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Gräch , "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1957. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alfred Grunert , "Wie eine weiße Wolke" [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erwin Hauff (1894 - 1960), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1955-7, published 1960. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fritz Hayn (1885 - 1968), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", op. 10 no. 3, published c1910. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fritz Jürgens (1888 - 1915), "Elisabeth aus "Peter Camenzind"", published 1916. [low voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Klenk (b. 1898), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", <<1946. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Krause (1889 - ?), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", op. 38 no. 2, published 1964 [voice and piano], from Zehn Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hubert Kross (b. 1934), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1952. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by M. Kuntzel , "Wie eine weiße Wolke" [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Lache , "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1956 [voice and piano], from Elisabeth, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Günther Langenberg , "Wie eine weiße Wolke" [voice and piano], from Sechs Lieder, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Tage Nielsen (1929 - 2003), "Wie eine weiße Wolke" [voice and piano], from Fem sange (1946-1970), no. 2. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Friedrich Riepe , "Wie eine weiße Wolke", op. 6 no. 3, published <<1948 [voice and piano], from Sieben Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Christian) Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1980. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Elisabeth", op. 8 no. 1 (1906), published 1907 [voice and piano], from Vier Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Scholz , "Elisabeth" [voice and piano], from Zwei Lieder, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bernhard Seidmann , "Wie eine weiße Wolke", c1935 [voice and piano], from Zwei Lieder, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Simbriger (1903 - 1976), "Wie eine weiße Wolke" [medium voice and string trio], from Fünf Lieder für mittlere Stimme mit Streichtriobegleitung, no. 5. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Claus Swienty , "Elisabeth", from 5 Lieder on words of Hermann Hesse, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Herbert Thienemann (1884 - 1963), "Elisabeth", published 1928 [voice and guitar or lute], from Lieder der Sehnsucht - Lieder zur Gitarre (Laute), no. 7. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1950 [baritone and piano], from Elisabeth - Liederzyklus für Bariton und Klavier, no. 3, one of two settings [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Wie eine weiße Wolke", 1949 [voice and piano], one of two settings [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , no title, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Claus Swienty , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 55
Like a white cloud Upon the high heavens, So white and beautiful and distant Are you, Elizabeth. The cloud departs and wanders You hardly take note of it, And yet through your dreams It drifts in the dark night. Drifts and shines so silverily That thereafter without rest You suffer from a sweet homesickness For the white cloud.
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Translations of title(s):
"Elisabeth aus " = "Elizabeth from "Peter Camenzind""
"Elisabeth" = "Elizabeth"
"Wie eine weiße Wolke" = "Like a white cloud"
Authorship
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 by Sharon Krebs, (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), no title, written 1900, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Buch der Liebe, in Elisabeth, no. 3
This text was added to the website: 2017-12-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 58