Anniversary | In the old wildly flaming radiance

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Jahrestag

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Im alten loderlohen Glanze,
In aller schwelgerischen Pracht
Steigt heute vor dir auf der ganze
Traum jener schwülen Sommernacht.

Und zitternd in verträumten Lüsten
Drückst du verzweifelt, heiß und wild
Die vollen, schönen, oftgeküßten,
Blutroten Lippen auf mein Bild.

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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 47.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Jahrestag", written 1899 [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 Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Jahrestag", op. 8 no. 4 (1906), published 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Aniversari", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Anniversary", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Anniversaire", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-04-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 39

Anniversary

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

In the old wildly flaming radiance,
In all the opulent splendour,
Today before you rises the entire dream of 
That humid summer night.

And trembling in dreamy passions,
Despairing, hotly and wildly, you
Press your full, beautiful, oft-kissed 
Blood-red lips upon my picture.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Jahrestag", written 1899
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This text was added to the website: 2018-10-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 43