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Die mir noch gestern glühten, Sind heut dem Tod geweiht, Blüten fallen um Blüten Vom Baum der Traurigkeit. Ich seh sie fallen, fallen Wie Schnee auf meinen Pfad, Die Schritte nicht mehr hallen, Das lange Schweigen naht. Der Himmel hat nicht Sterne, Das Herz nicht Liebe mehr, Es schweigt die graue Ferne, Die Welt ward alt und leer. Wer kann sein Herz behüten In dieser bösen Zeit? Es fallen Blüten um Blüten Vom Baum der Traurigkeit.
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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 376.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Traurigkeit", written 1944 [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 Walter Buschmann (1876 - ?), "Traurigkeit", <<1947 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz Dunker , "Traurigkeit", published 1986 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gottfried von Einem (1918 - 1996), "Traurigkeit", op. 43 no. 5 (1974) [ medium voice and piano ], from Leb wohl, Frau Welt, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Kracke (1910 - 1989), "Traurigkeit", 1947 [ alto and piano ], from Drei Lieder für eine Altstimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Nahme , "Traurigkeit", 1949 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Herbstkantate nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 13a [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Nahme , "Traurigkeit", 1949 [ bass and piano ], from Herbstkantate nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 13b [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Ruck (1897 - 1983), "Traurigkeit", op. 112 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 (1948) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Adolf Schlemm (1902 - 1987), "Traurigkeit", 1947 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder mit Klavierbegleitung nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Adolf Schlemm (1902 - 1987), "Traurigkeit", 1950 [ voice and string quartet ], from Drei Lieder mit Streichquartettbegleitung nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Scholz , "Traurigkeit", 1958 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig Seiler , "Traurigkeit", 1948 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Tristor", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sadness", copyright © 2018, (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 between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 76
Those who still glowed for me yesterday Are today destined for death, Blossoms upon blossoms fall From the tree of sadness. I see them fall, fall Like snow upon my pathway, One’s footsteps no longer echo, The long silence nears. The sky has no more stars, The heart no longer has love, The grey distance falls silent, The world has grown old and void. Who can guard one’s heart In these bad times? Blossoms upon blossoms fall From the tree of sadness.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Traurigkeit", written 1944
This text was added to the website: 2018-01-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 82