Die sanfte Wiese flieht In einem runden Schwung zum Tal. Oben ist alles noch kahl, Im Grunde aber blüht Enzian Und helles Primelgold. Das rührt mich wie ein Lied Mit Engelhänden an, Ist wie ein Mädchenlied so licht und hold. Schmerzen schweigen, das alte Leid Sinkt in Traum und Vergessenheit Für einen Tag, Für einen Tag im Jahr. O, es ist wunderbar, Was der Frühling vermag.
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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 143.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Die sanfte Wiese", written 1910, appears in Licht und Schatten, first published 1911 [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 Hugo Daffner (1882 - 1936), "Frühling", published 1913 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Willy Hess (1906 - 1997), "Die sanfte Wiese", op. 39 no. 1 (1944?), published 1954 [ medium voice and piano ], from Drei Frühlingsgesänge, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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