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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Rote Bänder

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT

Rote Bänder!
Ihr mahnet mich
An Musik und weiße Gewänder,
An ein Feld, das lange verblich.

Rote Bänder!-
Mein Mädel stand
Gebeugt am Balkongeländer
Und lachte und gab mir die Hand.

Und gab mir zwei Bänder
Von Seide zart.
Ich schied und durchschritt die Länder;
Als ich wiederkam, war sie tot.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962) [author's text not yet checked 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 Brunhilde Sonntag (1936 - 2002), "Rote Bänder" [ voice and guitar ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cintes vermelles", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-08-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 51

Cintes vermelles

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

Cintes vermelles!
Em recorden
la música i les túniques blanques,
en un camp que fa temps que s'ha marcit.

Cintes vermelles!
La meva noia era allà
recolzada a la barana del balcó,
i rigué i em donà la mà.

I em va donar dues cintes
de seda delicada.
Vaig marxar i vaig travessar països;
quan vaig tornar, ella era morta.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2025 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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
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This text was added to the website: 2025-11-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 60