by
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
O so in später Nacht nach Hause gehen
Language: German (Deutsch)
O so in später Nacht nach Hause gehen,
Verliebt, verschmäht, von keinem Kuß beglückt,
Und in die bleichen Himmelsfelder sehn,
Wo der Orion traurig erdwärts rückt.
Und dann daheim, von Licht und Bett empfangen,
Sich niederlegen einsam und betrogen,
Von schweren Wünschen hin und her gezogen,
Umsonst nach Schlaf, nach Traum, nach Trost verlangen.
Voll Trauer über ein verschwendet Leben
In Schächten der Erinnerung schürfen
Und wissen, daß nur ein Trost uns gegeben:
Dem Lebenmüssen folgt das Sterbendürfen!
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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 4 Der Steppenwolf. Narziß und Goldmund. Die Morgenlandfahrt, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2001, page 223.
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Oh, to walk home thus in deep night
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Oh, to walk home thus in deep night,
In love, spurned, by no kiss delighted,
And to gaze into the pale fields of heaven,
Where Orion sadly moves toward the earth.
And then at home, received by light and bed,
To lie down, solitary and betrayed,
Pulled back and forth by heavy wishes,
Yearning in vain for sleep, for dreams, for consolation.
Full of mourning over a wasted life
To prospect in the mineshafts of memory
And to know that only one solace is given to us:
The you-must-live is followed by the you-may-die!
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Translations of title(s):
"O so in später Nacht . . ." = "Oh thus in deep night . . ."
"O so in später Nacht nach Hause gehen" = "Oh, to walk home thus in deep night"
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