Im Grase hingestreckt Lausch ich der Halme zartem Wald, Der flüstert wirr und hat mir bald Den Himmel fast verdeckt. Es kommt die Zeit heran, Da weiß ich nichts von Leide mehr Und schmerzt es heute noch so sehr, Alsdann ist es vertan. Dann kreist mein heißes Blut Gekühlt und licht in Halm und Klee, Und dieser Stunde grimmes Weh Ist still, ist kühl, ist gut.
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Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Im Grase hingestreckt", written 1914 [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 Richard Gress (1893 - 1988), "Im Grase hingestreckt", op. 85 no. 4, published 1950 [ voice, oboe, and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Egon Kornauth (1891 - 1959), "Im Grase hingestreckt", op. 22 (Lieder nach Hermann Hesse) no. 1, published 1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Pestalozzi (1878 - 1940), "Im Grase hingestreckt ", op. 37 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 2 (1921), published <<1934 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hildegard Quiel (1888 - 1971), "Im Grase hingestreckt", published 1967 [ voice and piano ], from Hesse-Lieder, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix Wolfes (1892 - 1971), "Im Grase hingestreckt", 1962 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Estirat a l'herba", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Stretched out in the grass", copyright © 2014, (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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