by
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Der See starrt wie Glas
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
Der See starrt wie Glas,
Am steilen Hügelhang
Weht silbern das dünne Gras.
Jammernd und todesbang
Schreit ein Kiebitz in der Luft,
Taumelt in zuckenden Bogen.
Vom anderen Ufer herübergeflogen
Kommt Sensengeläut und sehnlicher Wiesenduft.
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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 150.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Otto Maurer (1898 - 1959), "Tag im Juni" [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Grete Wilhelm (b. 1904), "Windiger Tag im Juni ", published 1960 [ SAT chorus a cappella ], from Sechs Chöre für 2 Frauen- und 1 Männerstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz Zabel , "Windiger Tag im Juni ", <<1949 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2019, (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: 2009-05-23
Line count: 8
Word count: 35
The lake is as still as glass
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
The lake is as still as glass,
Upon the steep hillside slope
The thin grass blows silverily.
Wailing and deathly afraid
A plover screams in the air,
Reels in twitching arcs.
Flying across from the other shore
Come the ringing of scythes and the yearning scent of meadows.
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Translations of title(s):
"Windiger Tag im Juni" = "Windy day in June"
"Tag im Juni" = "Day in June"
Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Windiger Tag im Juni", written 1907
This text was added to the website: 2018-01-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 48