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Tropfen sinken, die Luft ist bang. Noch geht kein Wind. Ein Trunkener singt die Straße entlang. Sein Lied ist irr und schwach wie ein Kind. Nun schweigt er ganz: Der Himmel zerreißt Und grell im blauweißen Glanz Der Blitze die Straße gleißt. Wie Getrabe von weißen Rossen Rauscht Regen heran. Alles Licht erlosch, alle Form zerrann, Stürzende Wogen halten mich eingeschlossen.
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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 155-156.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), title 1: "Sommernacht", title 2: "Gewitterregen in der Sommernacht (in Unterwegs)", subtitle: "(1910)", written 1910, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Wilhelm Fehres (1901 - 1991), "Sommernacht", 1937 [ baritone and piano ], from Vom Baum des Lebens - Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lukas Haug (b. 1921), "Sommernacht", published 1978 [ medium voice and piano ], from Hermann-Hesse-Zyklus, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Rückler , "Sommernacht" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl von Szelle , "Sommernacht", 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Sechszehn [sic] Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 15 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2013-03-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 61
Cauen gotes, l’aire és inquiet. Encara no fa vent. Un embriac canta al carrer. La seva cançó és confusa i feble com la d’un infant. Ara ha callat completament: el cel s’ha esquinçat i en una lluïssor blavosa, enlluernadora, el llamp fa resplendir el carrer. Com el trot de cavalls blancs bramula la pluja cap ací. Tots els llums s’han apagat, totes les formes s’han esvaït, els xàfecs que cauen em tenen reclòs.
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Translations of titles:
"Gewitterregen in der Sommernacht (in Unterwegs)" = "Pluja tempestuosa en una nit d’estiu (A "De camí")"
"Sommernacht" = "Nit d'estiu"
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- 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), title 1: "Sommernacht", title 2: "Gewitterregen in der Sommernacht (in Unterwegs)", subtitle: "(1910)", written 1910, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911
This text was added to the website: 2025-02-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 73