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Erdbeeren glühn im Garten, Ihr Duft ist süß und voll, Mir ist, ich müsse warten, Daß durch den grünen Garten Bald meine Mutter kommen soll. Mir ist, ich bin ein Knabe, Und alles war geträumt, Was ich vertan, versäumt, Verspielt, verloren habe. Noch liegt im Gartenfrieden Die reiche Welt vor mir, Ist alles mir beschieden, Gehöret alles mir. Benommen bleib ich stehen Und wage keinen Schritt, Daß nicht die Düfte verwehen Und meine gute Stunde mit.
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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, pages 210-211.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Gute Stunde", written 1912 [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 Werner Bühler (1904 - 1968), "Gute Stunde" [ voice and piano ], from Lieder für Gesang und Klavier nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lothar Hundertmark (1902 - 1985), as Mark Lothar, "Gute Stunde ", op. 2 (Lieder) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Österreicher (b. 1906), "Gute Stunde ", published 1953 [ unaccompanied voice ], from Drei Gesänge nach Texten von Hermann Hesse für eine Stimme allein, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Gute Stunde ", op. 11 no. 10, published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Zweiter Liederkreis - 15 Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La bona hora", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The good hour", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-02
Line count: 17
Word count: 76
Strawberries glow in the garden, Their scent is sweet and full, It seems to me that I should wait, That through the green garden My mother shall soon come. It seems to me that I am a lad And everything was only a dream, That which I wasted, missed out on, Squandered, lost. In garden-peace the rich world Still lies before me, Everything is destined for me, Everything belongs to me. Dazed I come to a halt And dare not take a single step Lest the scents be wafted away, And my good hour with them.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Gute Stunde", written 1912
This text was added to the website: 2018-02-05
Line count: 17
Word count: 96