Gîte nocturne | Tu ris parce que j'ai prié

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

In der Nachtherberge

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Du lachst, weil ich gebetet habe;
Es tut mir leid, daß du es sahst
Und daß du nicht geschwiegen hast ...
Ich lernte es als Knabe -

Ich möchte in deinen Augen lesen,
Daß du mich doch verstanden hast -
Bist du denn nie ein Kind gewesen?

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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 113-114.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "In der Nachtherberge", written 1902 [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 Rudolph Ganz (1877 - 1972), "In der Nachtherberge", op. 11 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 2, published 1908 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "In der Nachtherberge", <<1949 [ baritone and piano ], from Drei Handwerksburschenlieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A l'alberg de nit", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Overnighting in the hostel", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Gîte nocturne", 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: 2007-07-06
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Gîte nocturne

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

Tu ris parce que j'ai prié ;
Je suis désolé que tu l'aies vu
Et que tu ne te sois pas tu …

J'ai appris ça quand j'étais enfant –
Je voudrais lire dans tes yeux
Que tu m'as pourtant compris –
N'as-tu donc jamais été enfant ?

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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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "In der Nachtherberge", written 1902
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This text was added to the website: 2017-12-27
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Word count: 46