El meu petit dit escriu un poema

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Fingerlein schreibt ein Gedicht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT CHI ENG

Fingerlein schreibt ein Gedicht,
Magnolie bleich schaut zum Fenster herein,
Im Glas funkelt dunkel der Abendwein,
Spiegelt der Geliebten Haar und Gesicht.

Sommernacht hat ihre dünnen Sterne verstreut,
Jugendgedächtnis duftet im mondhellen Laub . . .
Bald, mein Fingerlein, sind wir Moder und Staub,
Übermorgen - morgen - vielleicht noch heut.

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Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Sommerabend", written 1927 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Hartmut Goes , "Fingerlein schreibt ein Gedicht", 1935 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hermann Ruck (1897 - 1983), "Sommerabend", op. 112 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1948) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Sommerabend ", op. 42a no. 9 (1977) [ medium voice and piano ], from Stufen - Hesse-Lieder 1977 für mittlere Singstimme, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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El meu petit dit escriu un poema

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

El meu petit dit escriu un poema,
la magnòlia pàl·lida esguarda a la finestra,
a la copa centelleja fosc el vi del vespre
reflectint els cabells i el rostre de l’estimada.

La nit d’estiu ha disseminat llurs esparses estrelles, el record 
de la joventut flaireja en el fullatge il·luminat per la lluna...
Aviat, petit dit meu, serem podriment i pols,
demà passat – demà – potser fins i tot avui.

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Translations of titles:
"Fingerlein schreibt ein Gedicht" = "El meu petit dit escriu un poema"
"Sommerabend" = "Capvespre d'estiu"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Sommerabend", written 1927
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This text was added to the website: 2024-12-07
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