Nun sind wir still Und singen keine Lieder mehr. Der Schritt wird schwer. Das ist die Nacht, die kommen will. Gib mir die Hand, Vielleicht ist unser Weg noch weit. Es schneit, es schneit. Hart ist der Winter in dem fremden Land. Wo ist die Zeit Da uns ein Licht, ein Herd gebrannt? Gib mir die Hand, Vielleicht ist unser Weg noch weit.
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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 182.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Böse Zeit", written c1909 [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 John Frandsen (b. 1956), "Böse Zeit", 1989 [ voice and piano ], from Winternächte, no. 4, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Egon Kornauth (1891 - 1959), "Böse Zeit", op. 22 (Lieder nach Hermann Hesse) no. 2, published 1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Niggli (1875 - 1959), "Böse Zeit", op. 15 (Vier Lieder von Hermann Hesse) no. 1 (1913), published 1922? [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hildegard Quiel (1888 - 1971), "Böse Zeit " [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Böse Zeit ", op. 36 no. 1 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sieben Nacht- und Todeslieder für mittlere Singstimme und Klavier nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerhard Fürchtegott Wehle (1884 - 1973), "Böse Zeit ", op. 2 no. 1 (<<1912) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Temps dolent", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Bad times", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mauvais temps", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-11
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