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Warm in dunkler Gartenkühle Schweben bunte Ampelreihn, Senden aus dem Laubgewühle Zart geheimnisvollen Schein. Eine lächelt hell zitronen, Rot und weiße lachen feist, Eine blaue scheint zu wohnen Im Geäst wie Mond und Geist. Eine plötzlich steht in Flammen, Zuckt empor, ist rasch verloht... Schwestern schauern still zusammen, Lächeln, warten auf den Tod: Mondblau, Weingelb, Sammetrot.
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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 300.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Lampions in der Sommernacht", written 1929 [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 Martha Ernst (1880 - 1958), "Papierlaternen im nächtlichen Garten", published 1929, from Zwei Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lothar Hundertmark (1902 - 1985), as Mark Lothar, "Lampions in der Sommernacht", op. 67 no. 5, published 1967 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Musik des Einsamen - Ein Liederzyklus für Gesang und 7 Instrumente, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Julius Marx (1897 - 1985), "Lampions in der Sommernacht ", op. 66 no. 2 [ three-part women's chorus a cappella ], from Drei Gedichte von Hermann Hesse für Frauenchor, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Lampions in der Sommernacht" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-05
Line count: 13
Word count: 56
Warm in the dark coolness of the garden Colourful rows of lights hover; From the tangle of the foliage They send forth a secret-laden glow. One shines brightly lemon-coloured, Red and white ones laugh stoutly, A blue one seems to inhabit The branches like a moon and a spirit. One suddenly stands in flames, Twitches upward, is quick burned up . . . With a shudder, its sisters huddle up together, Smile, wait for death: Moon-blue, wine-yellow, velvet-red.
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Translations of title(s):
"Papierlaternen im nächtlichen Garten" = "Paper lanterns in the nighttime garden"
"Lampions in der Sommernacht" = "Lanterns in the summer night"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Lampions in der Sommernacht", written 1929
This text was added to the website: 2019-01-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 78