Durch des Lebens Wüste irr ich glühend Und erstöhne unter meiner Last, Aber irgendwo, vergessen fast, Weiß ich schattige Gärten kühl und blühend. Aber irgendwo in Traumesferne Weiß ich warten eine Ruhestatt, Wo die Seele wieder Heimat hat, Weiß ich Schlummer warten, Nacht und Sterne.
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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 287.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Irgendwo", written 1925 [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 Karl Hasse (1883 - 1960), "Irgendwo", op. 98 (Sieben Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse) no. 5 (1949) [ mezzo-soprano, alto, or baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bertold Hummel (1925 - 2002), "Irgendwo", op. 71a no. 5, published 1978, from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Krause (1889 - ?), "Irgendwo", op. 46 no. 7, published 1967 [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Irgendwo ", op. 36 no. 5 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sieben Nacht- und Todeslieder für mittlere Singstimme und Klavier nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walter Steffens (b. 1934), "Irgendwo ", <<1957 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Anywhere", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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