by
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Wenn die trüben Tage grauen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: CAT ENG FRE
Wenn die trüben Tage grauen,
Kalt und feindlich blickt die Welt,
Findet scheu sich dein Vertrauen,
Ganz auf dich allein gestellt.
Aber in dich selbst verwiesen
Aus der alten Freuden Land,
Siehst du neuen Paradiesen,
Deinen Glauben zugewandt.
Als dein Eigenstes erkennst du,
Was dir fremd und feind erschien,
Und mit neuen Namen nennst du
Dein Geschick und und nimmst es hin.
Was dich zu erdrücken drohte,
Zeigt sich freundlich, atmet Geist,
Ist ein Führer, ist ein Bote,
Der dich hoch und höher weist.
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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 233-234.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Christine Triacca-Kalisch (1887 - 1969), "Schicksalstag", <<1939 [ baritone and piano ], from Zwei Lieder, no. 1, note: the title is as shown according to Georg Günther's Hesse-Vertonungen. Verzeichnis der Drucke und Handschriften, Deutsche Schillergesellschaft, Marbach, 2004, page 457 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Senior Associate Editor]This text was added to the website: 2009-06-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 84
Quan els dies tristos llostregen
Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)
Quan els dies tristos llostregen,
el món sembla fred i hostil,
aleshores, tímidament, la teva confiança
es troba posada completament en tu, tu tot sol.
Però referint-se a tu mateix,
des del país de les velles alegrances,
veus la teva fe adreçada
vers nous paradisos.
Reconeixes com més propi del teu ésser
allò que et semblava estrany i hostil,
i dónes al teu destí un nou nom
i l’acceptes.
Allò que amenaçava d’afeixugar-te
es mostra amical, alena esperit,
és un guia, és un missatger
que t’assenyala cada cop més amunt.
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Translations of titles:
"Schicksalstag" = "Dia fatídic"
"Schicksalstage" = "Dies fatídics"
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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Schicksalstage", written 1918
This text was added to the website: 2025-11-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 90
