Es nachtet schon, die Straße ruht, Seitab treibt mit verschlafenen Schlägen Der Strom mit seiner trägen Flut Der stummen Finsternis entgegen. Er rauscht in seinem tiefen Bett So wegverdrossen, rauh und schwer, Als ob er Lust zu ruhen hätt, Und ich bin wohl so müd wie er. Das ist durch Nacht und fremdes Land Ein traurig Miteinanderziehn, Ein Wandern stumm und unverwandt Zu zwein, und keiner weiß wohin.
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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 120.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Nachtgang", subtitle: "(1902)", written 1902 [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 Heinz Bischoff , "Nachtgang", 1928 [ voice and guitar ], from Drei Lieder mit Gitarrenbegleitung, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Czelinski (1901 - 1969), "Nachtwanderung", op. 1 no. 2 (1924) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Nachtgang " [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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