by
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Nelke
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: CAT ENG
Rote Nelke blüht im Garten,
Läßt verliebte Düfte glühen,
Will nicht schlafen, will nicht warten,
Einen Trieb nur hat die Nelke:
Rascher, heißer, wilder blühen!
Eine Flamme seh ich prangen,
Wind in ihre Röte rennen,
Und sie zittert vor Verlangen,
Einen Trieb nur hat die Flamme:
Rascher, rascher zu verbrennen!
Du in meinem Blute innen,
Liebe du, was soll dein Träumen?
Willst ja nicht in Tropfen rinnen,
Willst in Strömen, willst in Fluten
Dich vergeuden, dich verschäumen!
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Rudolf Brömel (b. 1877), "Nelke", published 1945-8 [ voice and piano ], from Hermann Hesse Lieder, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz Dunker , "Nelke", published 1986 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Horst Joachim Japtok , "Nelke" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Lache , "Nelke ", 1955 [ voice 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) , "Carnation", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Senior Associate Editor]This text was added to the website: 2007-06-02
Line count: 15
Word count: 77
Un clavell vermell floreix al jardí
Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)
Un clavell vermell floreix al jardí,
deixa fulgurar amoroses flaires,
no vol dormir, no vol esperar,
el clavell només té un afany:
florir més de pressa, més ferventment, més furient!
Veig resplendir una flama,
el vent corre en la seva vermellor,
i ella tremola de deler,
la flama només té un afany:
cremar més de pressa, més de pressa!
Tu, dins la meva sang,
tu, amor, què significa el teu somieig?
Tu no vols regalimar en degotims,
en torrents, en devessalls
vols dissipar-te, esvanir-te com l’escuma!
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Translations of titles:
"Nelke" = "Clavell"
"Nelke " = "Clavell"
Text Authorship:
- 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), "Nelke", written 1918
This text was added to the website: 2025-10-21
Line count: 15
Word count: 86
