Fi de l’estiu | Encara una vegada, abans que l’estiu s’agosti

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Spätsommer

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Noch einmal, ehe der Sommer verblüht,
Wollen wir für den Garten sorgen,
Die Blumen gießen, sie sind schon müd,
Bald welken sie ab, vielleicht schon morgen.

Noch einmal, ehe wieder die Welt
Irrsinnig wird und von Kriegen gellt,
Wollen wir an den paar schönen Dingen
Uns freuen und ihnen Lieder singen.

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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 316-317.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Spätsommer", written 1932 [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 Werner Bühler (1904 - 1968), "Spätsommer" [ high voice and piano ], from Lieder für eine höhere Singstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 23 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Nahme , "Spätsommer", 1949 [ voice and piano ], from Herbstkantate nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Spätsommer", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Late summer", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

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Fi de l’estiu

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

Encara una vegada, abans que l’estiu s’agosti,
tinguem cura del jardí,
regar les flors, ja estan defallides,
aviat es marciran, potser demà.

Encara una vegada, abans que de nou el món
es torni boig i escridassi amb guerres,
gaudim d’un parell de coses belles
i cantem-los-hi cançons.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2025 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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Spätsommer", written 1932
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