Jahrestag | Im alten loderlohen Glanze

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Jahrestag

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Im alten loderlohen Glanze,
In aller schwelgerischen Pracht
Steigt heute vor dir auf der ganze
Traum jener schwülen Sommernacht.

Und zitternd in verträumten Lüsten
Drückst du verzweifelt, heiß und wild
Die vollen, schönen, oftgeküßten,
Blutroten Lippen auf mein Bild.

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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 47.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Jahrestag", written 1899 [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 Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Jahrestag", op. 8 no. 4 (1906), published 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-04-29
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