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Du stehst von Sommerfreude trunken Im seligen Licht und atmest kaum, Der Himmel scheint in deinen Kelch versunken, Die Lüfte wehn in deinem Flaum. Und wenn sie alle Schuld und Pein Von meiner Seele könnten wehen, So dürft ich wohl dein Bruder sein Und stille Tage bei dir stehen. So wäre meinen Weltenfahrten Ein selig leichtes Ziel ersehn, Gleich dir durch Gottes Träumegarten Als blauer Sommertraum zu gehn.
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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 202.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Enzianblüte", written 1913 [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 Ferdinand Gerhardt, jun. (1888 - 1985), "Enzianblüte" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walther Hecklinger , "Enzianblüte", 1931 [ voice and piano ], from Hesse-Lieder, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max Kowalski (1882 - 1956), "Enzianblüte", op. 14 no. 5, published 1931 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Theophil Laitenberger (1903 - 1996), "Enzianblüte", c1947 [ tenor and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für Tenor zu Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Nørgaard (b. 1916), "Enzianblüte", published 1961 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Tre Korsange til tekster af Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo Rolle , "Enzianblüte", op. 13 (<<1952) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alfred Stier (1880 - 1968), "Enzianblüte", 1918 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Flor de genciana", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Gentian flower", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Fleur de gentiane", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 68
Drunk with the joys of summer, you stand In blessed light and barely breathe, The sky seems to have descended into your calyx, The breezes blow in your downy petals. And could they waft away all the Guilt and torment of my soul, Then I might well be your brother And stand beside you for quiet days. Thus would my journeying through the world Be granted a blithe and blessed goal, To pass like you through God’s garden of dreams As a blue summer-dream.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Enzianblüte", written 1913
This text was added to the website: 2018-04-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 84