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Immer und immer fühl ich's, ob alt oder jung: Ein Gebirg in der Nacht, am Balkon ein schweigendes Weib, Eine weiße Straße im Mondschein mit sanftem Schwung, Das reißt mir vor Sehnsucht das bange Herz aus dem Leib. O brennende Welt, o weißes Weib am Balkon, Bellender Hund im Tal, fernrollende Eisenbahn, O wie loget ihr, o wie bitter betrogt ihr mich schon - Dennoch seid ihr noch immer mein süßester Traum und Wahn! Oft versucht ich den Weg in die schreckliche 'Wirklichkeit', Wo [Professor]1, Gesetz, Mode und Geldkurs gilt, Aber einsam entfloh ich immer, enttäuscht und befreit, Dort hinüber, wo Traum und liebliche Narrheit quillt. Schwüler Nachtwind im Baum, [schwarze]2 Zigeunerin, Welt voll törichter Sehnsucht und Dichterduft, Herrliche Welt, der ich ewig verfallen bin, Wo dein Wetterleuchten mir zuckt, wo deine Stimme mir ruft!
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View original text (without footnotes)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 239.
1 Schneider: "Assessor"2 Schneider: "dunkle"
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "O brennende Welt", written 1917 [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 Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Herrliche Welt", op. 41 no. 4 [ high voice and piano ], from Wanderung - Eine Liederfolge für hohe Stimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [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 © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2014-08-22
Line count: 16
Word count: 137
Contínuament ho percebo, sigui vell o jove: una muntanya a la nit, al balcó una dona silent, un carrer blanc amb suau pendent, de nostàlgia, tot això, arrabassa del meu cos el meu cor angoixat. Oh món palpitant, oh dona blanca al balcó, gos lladrant a la vall, tren circulant a la llunyania, oh, com em mentíeu, com amargament m’enganyàveu – i, malgrat tot, sigueu per sempre el meus somnis i il·lusions més dolces! Sovint he temptat d’anar pel camí vers l’horrible “realitat”, on compten: professor, llei, moda i cotització de diners, però sempre he fugit, solitari, decebut i alliberat, cap a l’altre costat, on brollen el somni i la dolça follia. Vent xafogós de la nit als arbres, gitana bruna, món ple de foll deler i flaire de poetes, magnífic món en el que sempre he estat sotmès, on les llampugues titil·len per a mi, on em crida la teva veu!
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Translations of titles:
"Herrliche Welt" = "Magnífic món"
"O brennende Welt
" = "Oh món palpitant"
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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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "O brennende Welt", written 1917
This text was added to the website: 2025-10-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 152