Bist allein im Leeren, Glühst einsam, Herz, Grüßt dich am Abgrund Dunkle Blume Schmerz. Reckt seine Äste Der hohe Baum Leid, Singt in den Zweigen Vogel Ewigkeit. Blume Schmerz ist schweigsam, Findet kein Wort, Der Baum wächst bis in die Wolken, Und der Vogel singt immerfort.
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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 234-235.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Blume, Baum, Vogel", written 1916 [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 Wolfgang Rolf Ackermann , "Blume, Baum, Vogel", <<1957 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Dietrich Ammende (1901 - 1980), "Blume, Baum, Vogel", published 1960 [ voice and piano ], from Auf Wanderung - Ein Liederzyklus nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joachim Faber-Krause (b. 1913), "Blume, Baum, Vogel", published 1946 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Fehres (1901 - 1991), "Blume, Baum, Vogel", 1937 [ baritone and piano ], from Vom Baum des Lebens - Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Günther Langenberg , "Blume, Baum, Vogel " [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Helmut Paulsen (b. 1909), "Blume, Baum, Vogel" [ medium voice and piano ], from Sieben besinnliche Lieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Willi Schuh (1900 - 1986), "Traumlandschaft", 1924 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leo Stromwasser , "Blume, Baum, Vogel ", 1932 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Grete Wilhelm (b. 1904), "Blume, Baum, Vogel", published 1960 [ SAT chorus a cappella ], from Sechs Chöre für 2 Frauen- und 1 Männerstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by A. E. Wöhr , "Blume, Baum, Vogel " [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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