O wie der Sturm so dunkel braust! Wir neigen ängstlich und zerzaust Uns tief vor seiner schauerlichen Macht Und bleiben zitternd wach die ganze Nacht. Wenn wir morgen noch leben werden, O wie wird dann der Himmel tagen Und warme Luft und Geläut von Herden Selige Wellen über uns schlagen!
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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 124.
Authorship
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Ähren im Sturm", written c1902 [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), "Ähren im Sturm", 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walther Hecklinger , "Ähren im Sturm", 1928 [ voice and piano ], from Hesse-Lieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philipp Mohler (1908 - 1982), "Ähren im Sturm ", published 1951 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Pestalozzi (1878 - 1940), "Ähren im Sturm ", op. 45 no. 3, published 1926 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Fünf gemischte Chöre, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gottfried Rüdinger (1886 - 1946), "Ähren im Sturm ", op. 30 no. 3, published 1922 [ alto and piano ], from Spätblau - Ein Liederkreis nach Hermann Hesse für eine Alt-Stimme, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walter Schulthess (1894 - 1971), "Ähren vom Sturm", 1912?, fragment [sung text not yet checked]
- by Herbert Schultz (b. 1911), "Ähren im Sturm ", 1947 [ alto and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Altstimme und Klavier nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Ears of wheat in the storm", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Épis dans la tempête", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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