In großen Takten singt das Meer, Der schwüle Westwind heult und lacht, Sturmwolken jagen schwarz und schwer; Man sieht sie nicht, es ist zu nacht. Mir aber scheint: so tot und bang, So ohne Trost und Sternegold Durch schwüle Nacht und Sturmgesang Sei auch mein Leben hingerollt. Und doch ist keine Nacht so schwer Und so voll Dunkels keine Fahrt, Der nicht vom nahen Morgen her Des Lichtes süße Ahnung ward.
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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 116-117.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Bei Spezia", written 1901 [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 Volkmar Andreae (1879 - 1962), "Bei Spezia", op. 23 (Vier Gedichte von Hermann Hesse) no. 3, published 1913 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A La Spezia", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Near La Spezia", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À La Spezia", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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