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Der Wald -! Die Nacht -! Glühwürmer staunen; Ein ferner Vogel geigt auf einer Flöte. Die Äste knarren - - - Sagen raunen, Indes ich vor dem Geist der Nacht erröte. Ein ungeheures Weh schluchzt in den Tiefen, Ein ungeheures Lachen gellt herüber - - Ich geb' dem Monde einen Nasenstüber Und denke derer, die im Schatten schliefen. Ein gelber Schmerz mit silbergrünen Rändern Schrillt mir durchs Herz wie eine stumpfe Säge ... Der Weltgeist brütet auf den schwarzen Ländern; Mein Busen zittert und mein Schlips sitzt schräge. O namenlose Wonne, so zu stehen Im wehen Mond und solche Qual zu leiden! Mit blindem Blick ins Herz der Nacht zu sehen!! Und stumm zu herrschen über violette Weiten!!!
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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.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Waldnacht - Gedicht eines Schwabinger Symbolisten", written 1902 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Bertold Hummel (1925 - 2002), "Waldnacht - Gedicht eines Schwabinger Symbolisten", op. 108 no. 3 (2002), published 2004 [ medium voice and piano ], from Kopflos – Liederzyklus nach skurrilen Gedichten von Hermann Hesse für mittlere Stimme und Klavier, no. 3, Schott Music [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Nit al bosc – Poema d'un simbolista de Schwabing", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Martin Hummel
This text was added to the website: 2024-02-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 110
El bosc –! La nit –! Les lluernes es meravellen; un ocell llunyà toca la flauta. Les branques cruixen – – – llegendes mormolen, mentre m’enrojolo davant l'esperit de la nit. Una tristor immensa sanglota a les fondàries, una rialla immensa ressona ençà - - dono un avís a la lluna i penso en aquells que dormien en les ombres. Un dolor groguenc amb vores verdes argentades xiscla al meu cor com una serra esmussada... L'esperit del món rumia damunt les terres negroses; el pit em tremola i la corbata em penja torta. Oh, joia indicible, estar així sota la lluna dolorosa i patir un aital turment! Veure el cor de la nit amb ulls cecs!! I regnar en silenci damunt extensions violàcies!!!
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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), "Waldnacht - Gedicht eines Schwabinger Symbolisten", written 1902
This text was added to the website: 2026-02-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 121