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Der Wind ruht in den Ästen, Und schaukelt sich müde nur, Es klingt wie von fernen Festen Eines Liedes schwindende Spur. Mein Glück ist schlafen gangen, Und [lacht]1 nur halb im Traum Mit schönen, schmalen Wangen [Und schönen]2 Lippen kaum. Meine Liebe legt sich nieder In meines Liedes Schoß Und dehnt [ihre feinen]3 Glieder Und [machet]4 die Augen groß. [Der Verse]5 leichte Zügel Fallen mir aus der Hand, Mein Lied lenkt seine Flügel In ein grünes Schlummerland.
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View original text (without footnotes)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 34.
1 Wallnöfer: "lachet"2 Wallnöfer: "Bewegt's die"
3 Wallnöfer: "die zarten"
4 Wallnöfer: "macht"
5 Wallnöfer: "All' Denkens"
6 Wallnöfer: "Gleiten mir aus Haupt und Hand"
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1898, appears in Sommerruhe, no. 1 [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 Heinz Bischoff , "Der Wind ruht in den Ästen", 1928 [ voice and guitar ], from Drei Lieder mit Gitarrenbegleitung, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Werner Bühler (1904 - 1968), "Der Wind ruht in den Ästen" [ high voice and piano ], from Lieder für eine höhere Singstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 15 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Czelinski (1901 - 1969), "Der Wind ruht in den Ästen", op. 2 no. 1 (1924) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Sommerruh'", op. 96 (5 Gesänge) no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Der Wind ruht in den Ästen", <<1949 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The wind rests in the boughs", 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] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 82
The wind rests in the boughs, And rocks itself but wearily; As if from distant celebrations Sounds the vanishing trace of a song. My happiness has gone to sleep, And only half laughs in a dream With beautiful, slender cheeks And lovely lips hardly. My love lies down In the lap of my song And stretches her delicate limbs And opens her eyes widely. The light reins of the verses Fall out of my hand, My song turns its wings Toward a green slumber-land.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2018 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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1898, appears in Sommerruhe, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2018-01-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 84