Ja es fa fosc, el carrer reposa

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Es nachtet schon, die Straße ruht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Es nachtet schon, die Straße ruht,
Seitab treibt mit verschlafenen Schlägen
Der Strom mit seiner trägen Flut
Der stummen Finsternis entgegen.
 
Er rauscht in seinem tiefen Bett
So wegverdrossen, rauh und schwer,
Als ob er Lust zu ruhen hätt,
Und ich bin wohl so müd wie er.
 
Das ist durch Nacht und fremdes Land
Ein traurig Miteinanderziehn,
Ein Wandern stumm und unverwandt
Zu zwein, und keiner weiß wohin.

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Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Nachtgang", subtitle: "(1902)", written 1902 [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 Heinz Bischoff , "Nachtgang", 1928 [ voice and guitar ], from Drei Lieder mit Gitarrenbegleitung, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Richard Czelinski (1901 - 1969), "Nachtwanderung", op. 1 no. 2 (1924) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Nachtgang " [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Ja es fa fosc, el carrer reposa

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

Ja es fa fosc, el carrer reposa,
més enllà, amb batecs somnolents,
el riu, amb les seves indolents aigües,
flueix vers la silenciosa llunyania.

Remoreja en la seva profunda llera
tan emmurriat, rude i feixuc,
com si tingués ganes de reposar,
i jo estic tan fatigat com ell.

A través de la nit i d’un país estranger,
això és un trist trajecte conjunt,
un viatge mut i sense parió
en parella, i ningú sap a on mena.

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Translations of titles:
"Nachtgang" = "Passejada de nit"
"Nachtgang " = "Passejada de nit"
"Nachtwanderung" = "Caminada de nit"

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This text was added to the website: 2025-10-21
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