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Darf ich dir sagen, daß du mir Wie eine schöne Schwester scheinst Und leises Glück mit Lustbegier In meiner Seele seltsam einst? Und daß wir beide Gäste sind Von ferneher, und daß wir beiden, Sobald die dunkle Nacht beginnt, Dasselbe bange Heimweh leiden?
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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 69.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1900, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Buch der Liebe, in Elisabeth, no. 4 [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 Ernst Beckert , "Darf ich dir sagen, daß du mir", op. 376 (1947) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Herbert Brust (1900 - 1968), "Darf ich dir sagen, daß du mir", op. 81 no. 2, published 1951 [ baritone and piano ], from Musik des Einsamen, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Frédéric Decrauzat , "Darf ich dir sagen, daß du mir", 1948 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alfred Grunert , "Darf ich dir sagen, daß du mir" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erwin Hauff (1894 - 1960), "Darf ich dir sagen, daß du mir", 1955-7, published 1960 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Carl Jungwirth , "Darf ich dir sagen, daß du mir", 1950 [ medium voice, 2 violins, and violoncello ], from Elisabeth - Drei Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Lache , "Darf ich dir sagen, daß du mir ", 1956 [ voice and piano ], from Elisabeth, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philippine Schick (1893 - 1970), "Darf ich dir sagen, daß du mir", op. 32 no. 1 (1936) [ duet for mezzo-soprano and baritone with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Darf ich dir sagen, daß du mir ", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig Schütz (b. 1885), "Darf ich dir sagen, daß du mir ", subtitle: "Das Haus am Berge", published 1925 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Helmut Schwarz , "Darf ich dir sagen, daß du mir ", 1947 [ voice and piano ], from Hermann Hesse Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Darf ich dir sagen, daß du mir ", 1950 [ baritone and piano ], from Elisabeth - Liederzyklus für Bariton und Klavier, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Em permets de dir-te, que a mi", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "May I tell you that you seem to me", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-04-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 43
May I tell you that you seem to me Like a beautiful sister, And strangely unite quiet happiness And passionate desire within my soul? And that we are both guests From far away, and that the two of us, As soon as the dark night begins, Suffer from the same anxious homesickness?
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1900, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Buch der Liebe, in Elisabeth, no. 4
This text was added to the website: 2018-02-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 52