El miracle de l’amor | Sovint la vida sembla aturar-se

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Wunder der Liebe

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Oft will das Leben nicht mehr weitergehn,
Bleibt schwarz und zögernd stehn -
O schauerlich verwirrte Tage,
Da alles Lebende in uns sich selber haßt,
Sich selbst an der verhaßten Gurgel faßt,
Anklagend sich und Gott in frevelhafter Frage!

O Wunder, wenn uns dann die Liebe naht
Und unsern finstern Pfad
Mit ihrer stillen Flamme lichtet!
Wär diese Gnade nicht, längst hätten wir
Uns ganz verirrt ins teuflische Revier
Und Licht und Gott in uns vernichtet.

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Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Wunder der Liebe", written 1922 [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 Friedrich Friedwig Frischenschlager (1885 - 1970), "Wunder der Liebe", op. 42 (Zwei Männerchöre) no. 2, published 1930 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Helmut Paulsen (b. 1909), "Wunder der Liebe", published 1942 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Texten zeitgenössischer Dichter für mittelhohe Stimme, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El miracle de l’amor", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The miracle of love", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-06
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Word count: 75

El miracle de l’amor

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

Sovint la vida sembla aturar-se,
immòbil, fosca i vacil·lant –
Oh dies terribles i desconcertants,
quan tot el que viu dins nostre s'odia a si mateix,
s’aferra a la seva pròpia abominada gola,
acusant-se a si mateix i a Déu en un qüestionament sacríleg!

Oh, miracle, quan l'amor s'atansa a nosaltres
i il·lumina el nostre fosc camí 
amb la seva flama serena!
Si no fos per aquesta gràcia, ja fa temps 
que ens hauríem perdut en el domini del diable
i hauríem destruït la llum i Déu que portem a dins.

Text Authorship:

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), "Wunder der Liebe", written 1922
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This text was added to the website: 2026-04-05
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Word count: 91