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Seele, banger Vogel du, Immer wieder mußt du fragen: Wann nach so viel wilden Tagen Kommt der Friede, kommt die Ruh? O ich weiß: kaum haben wir Unterm Boden stille Tage, Wird vor neuer Sehnsucht dir Jeder liebe Tag zur Plage. Und du wirst, geborgen kaum, Dich um neue Leiden mühen Und voll Ungeduld den Raum Als der jüngste Stern durchglühen.
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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 217-218.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Keine Rast", 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 Dietrich Ammende (1901 - 1980), "Keine Rast", published 1960 [ voice and piano ], from Auf Wanderung - Ein Liederzyklus nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Czelinski (1901 - 1969), "Keine Rast", 1950 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolf Emil Fecker (1901 - ?), "Keine Rast" [ voice, violin, and piano ], from Drei Lieder mit Violine und Klavierbegleitung, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Kurt Hessenberg (1908 - 1994), "Keine Rast", op. 80 (Acht Lieder) no. 6 (<<1966) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Jelmoli (1877 - 1936), "Keine Rast" [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans-Hermann Kurig (1914 - 2002), "Keine Rast " [ voice and piano ], from Musik des Einsamen - Ein Zyklus in fünf Liedern nach Worten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Annie van Ommeren (1913 - 1991), "Keine Rast ", published 1964 [ voice and piano ], from Zeven Liederen op teksten van Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walter A. Pfeiffer , "Keine Rast ", published 1935 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hildegard Quiel (1888 - 1971), "Keine Rast" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Keine Rast ", op. 42a no. 21 (1977) [ medium voice and piano ], from Stufen - Hesse-Lieder 1977 für mittlere Singstimme, no. 21 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Keine Rast", op. 24b no. 7 (1914), published 1917 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Gedichten von Spitteler, Gamper, Hesse und Keller, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Peter Suitner (b. 1928), "Keine Rast ", op. 115c [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Vleugels (1899 - 1978), "Keine Rast ", published 1953 [ voice and piano ], from Amethyst - Elf Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Keine Rast ", op. 11 no. 15, published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Zweiter Liederkreis - 15 Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 15 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Sense repòs", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "No rest", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Pas de trêve", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 61
Soul, you anxious bird, Ever again you must ask: When, after so many wild days, Shall come peace, shall come rest? Oh, I know: when we have just Buried some quiet days, New yearning turns every single day Into torment for you. And, only just made secure, you shall Labour over new sufferings And, full of impatience, glow through The universe as the youngest star.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Keine Rast", written 1913
This text was added to the website: 2019-01-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 65