Der Schneewind packt mich jäh von vorn, Mein Schlitten knirscht im schnellen Lauf, Genüber streckt sein fahles Horn Der wolkenblasse Eiger auf. Ein kühler Siegesmut erfaßt Mein Herz mit unbekannter Lust, Als trüg ich eine werte Last Von Stolz und Glück in meiner Brust. Was noch von Krankheit in mir schlief, Ich riß es es aus mit fester Hand Und warf es lachend steil und tief Hinunter ins verschneite Land.
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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 116.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Schlittenfahrt", written 1902, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Von Wanderungen, in Hochgebirgswinter, no. 4, first published 1919 [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 Walther Aeschbacher (1901 - 1969), "Schlittenfahrt", published 1926 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Schlittenfahrt", op. 99 no. 4 (1954), published 1957 [ voice and piano ], from Hochgebirgswinter, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sleigh ride", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Voyage en traîneau", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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