Deine hellen Augen sind zugetan,
Dir brach die Nacht schon ein,
Dir brach der neue Weltengang schon an.
Doch du bist mein,
Ob auch die Sonne mir noch Mittag lacht,
Und ich bin dein
Und folge dir wenn meine Zeit vollbracht,
In deine Nacht.
Und aus dem Schoß,
Der dich und mich verschlang
Wächst neu und groß
In ewigem Lebensdrang
Der alten Heimat Geist empor.
Die Jugend wandelt licht in weiten Räumen
Und hört der Ahnen Chor
Als dunklen Quell im heilgen Berge träumen.
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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 227.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Einem im Felde gefallenen Freund", written 1915 [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 Walter Braunfels (1882 - 1954), "Auf ein Soldatengrab", op. 26, published 1915-8 [ bass and orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edmund Nick (1891 - 1974), "Einem im Felde gefallenen Freund", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Gesang und Klavier, no. 5, missing [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To a friend who fell on the battlefield", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2014-03-11
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