Wenn mich der fernen Kindertage, Gedächtnis plötzlich überfällt, Das ist wie einer alten Sage Von Dichtersang verklärte Welt. Dann muss ich still die Augen senken, Und jener hellen, hellen Zeit, Beklommen und wie einer denken, Der eine schwere Schuld bereut.
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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 61.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Zuweilen", written 1900, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Irrwege, first published 1919 [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 Richard Czelinski (1901 - 1969), "Zuweilen", 1950 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Zuweilen ", op. 12 no. 2 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf volkstümliche Gesänge für mittlere Stimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Now and then", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
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