Bekenntnis | Holder Schein, an deine Spiele

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Holder Schein, an deine Spiele

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Holder Schein, an deine Spiele
Sieh mich willig hingegeben;
Andre haben Zwecke, Ziele,
Mir genügt es schon, zu leben.

Gleichnis will mir alles scheinen,
Was mir je die Sinne rührte,
Des Unendlichen und Einen,
Das ich stets lebendig spürte.

Solche Bilderschrift zu lesen,
Wird mir stets das Leben lohnen,
Denn das Ewige, das Wesen,
Weiß ich in mir selber wohnen.

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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 246.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Bekenntnis", written 1918 [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 Will Eisenmann (1906 - 1992), "Bekenntnis", 1940 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Bekenntnis", op. 157 (6 Lieder für mittlere Stimme und Klavier) no. 3 (1961) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Emil Mattiesen (1875 - 1939), "Bekenntnis", op. 15 no. 6, published 190-?, from Überwindungen, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
by August Oetiker (1874 - 1963), "Bekenntnis", published <<1960 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Martin Schlensog (b. 1897), "Bekenntnis", 1942 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling (1904 - 1985), "Bekenntnis", published 1950 [ SA chorus a cappella ], from Vom Baum des Lebens - Fünf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse für Chor a cappella, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hermann Stephani (1877 - 1960), "Holder Schein, an deine Spiele", 1949 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Bekenntnis", 1962 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Bekenntnis", 1933 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Bekenntnis", 1947 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-04
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