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Der Herbst streut weiße Nebel aus, Es kann nicht immer Sommer sein! Der Abend lockt mit Lampenschein Mich aus der Kühle früh ins Haus. Bald stehen Baum und Garten leer, Dann glüht nur noch der wilde Wein Ums Haus, und bald verglüht auch der, Es kann nicht immer Sommer sein. Was mich zur Jugendzeit erfreut, Es hat den alten frohen Schein Nicht mehr und freut mich nimmer heut - Es kann nicht immer Sommer sein. O Liebe, wundersame Glut, Die durch der Jahre Lust und Mühn Mir immer hat gebrannt im Blut - O Liebe, kannst auch du verglühn?
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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 163-164.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Herbstbeginn", written 1910 [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 Rudolf Brömel (b. 1877), "Herbstbeginn", published 1945-8 [ voice and piano ], from Hermann Hesse Lieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Gerhardt, jun. (1888 - 1985), "Herbstbeginn" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by August Reuss (1871 - 1935), "Herbstbeginn", op. 44 (Sechs Lieder für mittlere Singstimme) no. 5, published 1924 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Winfried Schreiter (b. 1930), "Oktober", 2004 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme und Klavier , no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2025, (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: 2007-06-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 97
Autumn is scattering white mists, It cannot always be summer! With lamp-glow the evening entices me Early to come out of the coolness into the house. Soon trees and gardens shall stand empty, Then only the wild grapevines shall still glow About the house, and soon they too shall fade, It cannot always be summer. That which delighted me in my youth, It no longer has the old merry radiance And does not delight me any longer - It cannot always be summer. Oh Love, you wondrous blaze That through the the happiness and toil of the years Has always flamed in my veins - Oh Love, can you fade too?
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Translations of title(s):
"Oktober" = "October"
"Herbstbeginn" = "Beginning of autumn"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Herbstbeginn", written 1910
This text was added to the website: 2017-12-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 109