by
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Die Schöne
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): CAT ENG FRE
So wie ein Kind, dem man ein Spielzeug schenkt,
Das Ding beschaut und herzt und dann zerbricht,
Und morgen schon des Gebers nimmer denkt,
So hältst du spielend in der kleinen Hand
Mein Herz, das ich dir gab, als hübschen Tand,
Und wie es zuckt und leidet, siehst du nicht.
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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 206.
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 Hans Kracke (1910 - 1989), "Die Schöne", 1943 [ low male voice and piano ], from Musik des Einsamen, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Scheicher , "Die Schöne", 1917 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Gesänge nach Worten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Franz Schwarz , "Die Schöne ", 1948 [ voice and piano (or orchestra?) ], from Musik des Einsamen, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La bella", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The beautiful woman", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La belle", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Administrator] , Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2009-05-19
Line count: 6
Word count: 50
The beautiful woman
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Like a child to whom one has given a toy,
[Who] looks at the thing, embraces it, and then breaks it,
And already on the morrow no longer remembers the giver,
Thus in your small hand do you playfully hold,
Like a pretty gewgaw, my heart that I gave you,
And you do not see how it twitches and suffers.
Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Die Schöne", written 1912
This text was added to the website: 2018-01-20
Line count: 6
Word count: 60