Mein Liebling du, verwölkte Nacht Mit deinen sturmgepackten Wipfeln, wie lodert so jäh die Pracht Des Todes in deinen eiligen Takten! Du Lied der Qual, du Lied des Leids, Der Schauer und Todesgedanken, Ich kenne wohl deiner heimwehkranken Nachtweisen heimlich wilden Reiz! Wie einst in meiner Knabenzeit Füllst du mit dunklem Leid mein Herz. Es ist der alte, wohlbekannte Schmerz Von damals, ist das alte Leid, Nur trauriger und ohne Süßigkeit.
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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 63.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Verwölkte Nacht", written 1900, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Irrwege, first published 1919 [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 Hermann Schmidt-Teich , "Verwölkte Nacht ", 1935-6 [ tenor and orchestra ], from Sechs Gedichte von Hermann Hesse für Tenorstimme mit Orchesterbegleitung, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edward Staempfli (1908 - 2002), "Verwölkte Nacht", op. 6 no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Clouded night", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Nuit ennuagée", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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