Wie sind die Tage schwer! An keinem Feuer kann ich erwarmen, Keine Sonne lacht mir mehr, Ist alles leer, Ist alles kalt und ohne Erbarmen, Und auch die lieben klaren Sterne schauen mich trostlos an, Seit ich im Herzen erfahren, Daß Liebe sterben kann.
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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 197.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1911 [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 , "Wie sind die Tage schwer!", op. 310 (Hermann Hesse-Lieder, 3. Folge) no. 4 (1947) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Viggo Brodersen (1879 - 1965), "Wie sind die Tage schwer", op. 44 (Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse) no. 3, published 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Brömel (b. 1877), "Wie sind die Tage", published 1945-8 [ voice and piano ], from Hermann Hesse Lieder, no. 26 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Gerhardt, jun. (1888 - 1985), "Wie sind die Tage schwer" [ medium voice or high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Gross , "Wie sind die Tage schwer", c1953 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz-Otto Hoffmann (b. 1902), "Wie sind die Tage schwer!", 1932-47 [ voice and piano ], from 21 Lieder, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Kracke (1910 - 1989), "Wie sind die Tage schwer! ", 1943 [ low male voice and piano ], from Musik des Einsamen, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans-Hermann Kurig (1914 - 2002), "Wie sind die Tage schwer! ", 1949 [ voice and piano ], from Musik des Einsamen - Ein Zyklus in fünf Liedern nach Worten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Will Mewes , "Wie sind die Tage schwer! ", 1929 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Musik des Einsamen - Ein Liederzyklus von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz Sälter , "Wie sind die Tage schwer! ", op. 14 no. 6 (1949) [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Fünf Chorsätze und ein Kanon nach Worten von Hermann Hesse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philippine Schick (1893 - 1970), "Wie sind die Tage schwer", op. 6 no. 3 (1922), first performed 1924 [ soprano and piano ], from Pyrrhussieg, Liederzyklus für dramatischen Sopran und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Wie sind die Tage schwer! ", 1978 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig Scholl , "Wie sind die Tage schwer! " [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Franz Schwarz , "Wie sind die Tage schwer! ", 1948 [ voice and piano (or orchestra?) ], from Musik des Einsamen, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josef von Vintschger (b. 1900), "Wie sind die Tage schwer! ", <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Peter Voelkner , "Wie sind die Tage schwer! ", op. 27 no. 1, first performed 1932 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Käthe Volkart-Schlager (1897 - 1976), "Wie sind die Tage schwer" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (1903 - 1969), "Wie sind die Tage schwer! ", published 1970 [ baritone and piano ], from Hermann-Hesse-Gesänge - Gesänge des Abschieds, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alfred Wassermann (1894 - 1962), "Wie sind die Tage schwer!", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Wie sind die Tage schwer! ", op. 11 no. 6, published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Zweiter Liederkreis - 15 Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Comme les jours sont pesants !", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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