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Wolken, [leise]1 Schiffer, fahren Über mir und rühren mich Mit den zarten, wunderbaren Farbenschleiern wunderlich. Aus der blauen Luft entquollen, Eine farbig schöne Welt, Die mich mit geheimnisvollen Reizen oft gefangen hält. Leichte, lichte, klare Schäume, Alles Irdischen befreit, Ob ihr schöne Heimwehträume Der befleckten Erde seid?
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 168.
1 Stier: "leichte"Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Wolken" [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 Wilhelm Lache , "Wolken", 1953 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Scholz (b. 1926), "Wolken" [ voice and piano ], from Acht Liedvertonungen nach Gedichten von Rose Ausländer, Mascha Kaléko und Herrmann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Margarete Schweikert (1887 - 1957), "Wolken", 1904 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Stier (1880 - 1968), "Wolken", 1920 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Herbert Thienemann (1884 - 1963), "Wolken", published 1928 [ voice and guitar or lute ], from Wolken, Wind und Wälder weit ... - Lieder zur Gitarre (Laute), no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Núvols", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Clouds", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Nuages", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-04-29
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Word count: 48
Núvols, mariners lleugers, naveguen damunt meu i em commouen amb delicats i meravellosos vels de color, tan estranys. Sorgint de l’atzur, un món de colors preciosos, que sovint em té presoner amb els seus encants misteriosos. Lleugeres, lluminoses i clares escumes, alliberades de tot allò terrenal, sou els bells somnis d’enyorança de la terra sollada?
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2026 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Wolken"
This text was added to the website: 2026-04-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 55