Jetzt kannst du's nimmer hören, Wenn ich mit leisem Strich Den Bogen an die Saiten leg Und rufe dich. Jetzt kannst du's nimmer sehen, Wenn spät nach Mitternacht Mein Ämplein noch bei Blatt und Stift Im Erker wacht. Und kannst die schönen, weißen Teerosen, die im Garten stehn Und die ich noch für dich gepflanzt, Auch nimmer sehn. Und doch, wenn meine Geige Allein noch wach im Hause ist, Verspür ich's oft, daß du, mein Lieb, Mir nahe bist.
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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, pages 24-25.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written c1898, appears in Der Toten, no. 2 [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 Richard Czelinski (1901 - 1969), "Jetzt kannst du's nimmer hören", 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Werner Wehrli (1892 - 1944), "Der Toten II", op. 23 no. 5, published 1928 [ low voice, violin, and piano ], from Fünf Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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