Traum | Es ist immer derselbe Traum

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Traum

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CHI ENG FRE

Es ist immer derselbe Traum:
Ein rotblühender Kastanienbaum,
Ein Garten, voll von Sonnenflor,
Einsam ein altes Haus davor.

Dort, wo der stille Garten liegt,
Hat meine Mutter mich gewiegt;
Vielleicht - es ist so lange her -
Steht Garten, Haus und Baum nicht mehr.

Vielleicht geht jetzt ein Wiesenweg
Und Pflug und Egge drüber weg,
Von Heimat, Garten, Haus und Baum
Ist nichts geblieben als mein Traum.

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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 108.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Traum", subtitle: "(1901)", 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 Oskar Baumann , "Traum", op. 310 (Hermann Hesse-Lieder, 3. Folge) no. 6 (1947) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Friedrich Blankenburg , "Traum", 1948 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Werner Bühler (1904 - 1968), "Traum" [ high voice and piano ], from Lieder für eine höhere Singstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 19 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Géza Frid (1904 - 1989), "Traum", op. 59 no. 1, published 1960 [ voice and piano ], from Abschied, liederencyclus, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Hoyer (1891 - 1936), "Traum", op. 27 (Drei Gesänge) no. 2, published 1932 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Traum", op. 97 no. 7 (1942+?), from Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Krause (b. 1889), "Traum", op. 48 no. 8 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Xaver Schlaud (1912 - 1967), "Traum", published 1951 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Johannes Schmiedel (b. 1921), "Traum", 1983 [ voice and guitar ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Fried Walter (1907 - 1996), "Traum", 1977 [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Sechs Lieder aus dem Tessin durch die Jahreszeiten, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Oskar Viktor Zack (1882 - 1963), "Traum", published 1927 [ soprano and four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Johannes Zentner (b. 1903), "Traum", published 1954 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

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