Ich log! Ich log! Ich bin nicht alt, Ich bin nicht satt vom Leben, Mir macht jede schöne Frauengestalt Noch Puls und Gedanken erbeben. Mir träumt noch von Weibern heiß und nackt, Von guten und von schlechten, Von wilder Walzer brillantem Takt Und von verliebten Nächten. Mir träumt von einer Liebe sogar, Einer schweigsam schönen und reinen, Wie jene erste, heilige war, Und ich kann noch um sie weinen.
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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 119.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Ich log", written 1901, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Irrwege, first published 1919 [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 Géza Frid (1904 - 1989), "Ich log", op. 59 no. 3, published 1960 [ voice and piano ], from Abschied, liederencyclus, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl von Szelle , "Ich log! Ich log! Ich bin nicht alt ", 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Sechszehn [sic] Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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