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[Der Weg ist schwer, der Weg ist weit]1, Doch kann ich nicht zurück; Wer einmal dein ist, Einsamkeit, Dem bist du Tod und Glück. Die Sehnsucht brennt; von drunten her Ruft mütterlich die Welt; Wie ist ihr Ruf von Liebe schwer, Wie rot von Lust erhellt. Doch wer den ersten Becher trank Vom Wasser Einsamkeit, Dem singt kein Vogel mehr zum Dank, Der geht nicht mehr zu zweit.
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View original text (without footnotes)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 552-553.
1 H. Müller, H. Wagner: "Der Weg ist weit, der Weg ist schwer"Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Einsamkeit", subtitle: "(1918)", written 1918 [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 Emil Kühnel (1881 - 1971), "Einsamkeit", op. 91 no. 2 (1953) [ baritone and piano ], fragment [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Müller , "Einsamkeit", 1931 [ voice, piano, and violoncello ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Unger (1886 - 1958), "Einsamkeit", op. 103 no. 2 (1949-51) [ medium voice, flute, oboe, clarinet, and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach ungedruckten Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Helmut Wagner , "Einsamkeit", op. 3 no. 15 (1951) [ baritone and piano ], from Drei Lieder für Bariton nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Solitud", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Solitude", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 70
El camí és penós. el camí és llarg, però no puc tornar enrere; el qui un cop t’ha pertangut, solitud, per a ell ets mort i benaurança. El deler abrusa; d’allà baix crida maternal el món; com n’està carregat d’amor el seu crit, i enrogit de voluptat. Però qui ha begut la primera copa de l’aigua de la solitud, ja no li canta cap més ocell en reconeixença, no camina mai més en parella.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2024 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Einsamkeit", subtitle: "(1918)", written 1918
This text was added to the website: 2024-11-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 74