So ziehen Sterne ihre Bahn, Unwandelbar und unverstanden! Wir winden uns in hundert Banden, Du steigst von Glanz zu Glanz hinan. Dein Leben ist ein einzig Licht! Ich muß aus meinen Dunkelheiten Sehnsüchtige Arme nach dir breiten, Du lächelst und verstehst mich nicht.
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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 41.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "So ziehen Sterne --", written 1898, appears in Maria, 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 Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "So ziehen Sterne ihre Bahn", 1980? [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerhard Wiemer (b. 1902), "So ziehen Sterne ihre Bahn", 1952 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "So ziehen Sterne ", op. 8 no. 2 (1950) [ baritone and piano ], from Maria - Liederzyklus für Bariton, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Gianni Franceschi) , "Così le stelle percorrono", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-01
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