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Traum gibt, was Tag verschloß; Nachts, wenn der Wille erliegt, Streben befreite Kräfte empor, Göttlicher Ahnung folgend. Wald rauscht und Strom, und durch der regen Seele Nachtblauen Himmel Wetterleuchten weht. In mir und außer mir Ist ungeschieden, Welt und ich ist eins. Wolke weht durch mein Herz, Wald träumt meinen Traum, Haus und Birnbaum erzählt mir Die vergessene Sage gemeinsamer Kindheit. Ströme hallen und Schluchten schatten in mir, Mond ist und bleicher Stern mein vertrauter Gespiele. Aber die milde Nacht, Die sich über mich mit sanftem Gewölke neigt, Hat meiner Mutter Gesicht, Küßt mich lächelnd in unerschöpflicher Liebe, Schüttelt träumerisch wie in alter Zeit Ihr geliebtes Haupt, und ihr Haar Wallt durch die Welt, und es zittern Blaß aufzuckend darin die tausend 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 219.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Adagio", written 1912, appears in Feierliche Abendmusik, no. 3 [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 Hans Peter Nowak (b. 1932), "Adagio", 1983 [ voice and piano ], from Feierliche Abendmusik, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josef Röösli , "Adagio", published 1977 [ reciter and piano ], from Feierliche Abendmusik, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz Sälter , "Adagio", op. 13 no. 3 (1949) [ alto, four-part mixed chorus, piano, and orchestra ], from Feierliche Abendmusik nach Worten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Franz Schwarz , "Adagio", 1948 [ voice and piano (or orchestra?) ], from Musik des Einsamen, no. 15 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Töpfer (b. 1891), "Adagio", 1957, first performed 1958 [ baritone, clarinet, and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Adagio", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Adagio", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Adagio", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-08
Line count: 22
Word count: 123
El somni dóna el que el dia ocultà; de nit, quan la voluntat es rendeix, impulsos alliberats malden per alçar-se, seguint averanys divins. Els boscos i els rius bramulen, i a través de l’ànima desperta un blavós cel de nit llampuga. A dins meu i fora de mi no hi ha diferència, el món i jo som la mateixa cosa. Núvols suren al meu cor, el bosc somia el meu somni, la casa i el perer em narren les faules oblidades de la nostra comuna infantesa. A dins meu ressonen els rius i les gorges ombregen, la lluna i les pàl·lides estrelles són els meus íntims companys de joc. Però la plàcida nit que lleugerament ennuvolada s’inclina al meu damunt té el rostre de la meva mare, ella em besa somrient amb un amor inesgotable, somniadora com antigament, belluga el seu estimat cap, i els seus cabells onegen per el món, i en això, pàl·lides, s’agiten, amb un lleu tremolor, els milers d’estrelles.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2023 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), "Adagio", written 1912, appears in Feierliche Abendmusik, no. 3
This text was added to the website: 2023-04-15
Line count: 22
Word count: 163