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Die [ihr meine]1 Brüder seid, Arme Menschen nah und ferne, Die ihr im [Bezirk]2 der Sterne Tröstung träumet eurem Leid, Die ihr [wortelos]3 gefaltet In die blaß gestirnte Nacht Schmale Dulderhände haltet, Die ihr leidet, die ihr wacht, Arme, irrende Gemeinde, Schiffer ohne Stern und Glück -- Fremde, dennoch mir Vereinte, Gebt mir meinen Gruß zurück.
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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 110.
1 Kelling: "ihr alle meine"2 Wallnöfer: "Bereich"
3 Wallnöfer: "wortlos, fromm"
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Einsame Nacht", written 1901 [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 Franz Bauer , "Einsame Nacht", 1943-8 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Viggo Brodersen (1879 - 1966), "Einsame Nacht", op. 44 (Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse) no. 1, published 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Brömel (b. 1877), "Einsame Nacht", published 1945-8 [ voice and piano ], from Hermann Hesse Lieder, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz Dankert , "Einsame Nacht" [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Georg Ebner (1896 - ?), "Einsame Nacht", op. 154 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 (1957) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jakob Herrmann (b. 1908), "Einsame Nacht", 1948 [ bass and orchestra ], from Drei Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by K. E. Hoffmann , "Einsame Nacht" [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Hermann Hesse-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lothar Hundertmark (1902 - 1985), as Mark Lothar, "Einsame Nacht", op. 67 no. 7, published 1967 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Musik des Einsamen - Ein Liederzyklus für Gesang und 7 Instrumente, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hajo Kelling (1907 - 1982), "Einsame Nacht", published 1965 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Zum Frieden - Ein Zyklus auf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walther Klein (1882 - 1961), "Einsame Nacht" [ voice and string quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Krause (1889 - ?), "Einsame Nacht", op. 48 no. 6 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Lache , "Einsame Nacht ", 1950 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by W. Latsch , "Einsame Nacht " [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Maux (1893 - 1971), "Einsame Nacht", op. 236 (1932), published 1940 [ medium-high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Maux (1893 - 1971), "Einsame Nacht", op. 236a, published 1952 [ four-part chorus a cappella or with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolf Prümers (1877 - 1955), "Einsame Nacht ", op. 61 (Fünf Männerchöre) no. 2, published 1926 [ four-part men's chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Einsame Nacht ", op. 36 no. 3 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sieben Nacht- und Todeslieder für mittlere Singstimme und Klavier nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Schoendlinger (1919 - 1983), "Einsame Nacht ", published 1956 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Drei Lieder nach Worten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Scholz , "Einsame Nacht " [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling (1904 - 1985), "Einsame Nacht ", published 1950 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Vom Baum des Lebens - Fünf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse für Chor a cappella, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erich Stockmayer (1883 - 1965), "Einsame Nacht " [ voice and piano ], one of two settings [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erich Stockmayer (1883 - 1965), "Einsame Nacht ", 1945 [ voice and piano ], one of two settings [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Gebet in einsamer Nacht", op. 96 (5 Gesänge) no. 1 [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 © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2009-05-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 55
You who [are]1 my brethren, Poor people near and far, Who in the realm of the stars Dream of comfort for your woe, Who, mutely folded, hold Your slender, patiently suffering hands Into the pale-starred night, You who suffer, you who watch, Poor, erring congregation, Sailors without star and good fortune -- Strangers, yet united with me, Return my greeting to me.
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View original text (without footnotes)Translation of title "Einsame Nacht" = "Lonely night"
1 Kelling: "are all"
Authorship:
- 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), "Einsame Nacht", written 1901
This text was added to the website: 2018-01-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 61