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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Grande Valse
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ein kerzenheller Saal
Und Sporengeläut und Tressengold.
In meinen Adern klingt das Blut.
Mein Mädchen, gib mir den Pokal!
Und nun zum Tanz! Der Walzer tollt;
Erhitzt vom Wein mein Brausemut
Nach aller ungenossenen Lust begehrt --

Vor den Fenstern wiehert mein Pferd.

Und vor den Fenstern hüllt die Nacht
Das dunkle Feld. Es trägt der Wind
Von fern Kanonendonner her.
Noch eine Stunde bis zur Schlacht!
-- Tanz rascher, Schatz; die Zeit verrinnt,
Es wiegt der Sturm die Binsen hin und her,
Die nächste Nacht mein Bette sind --

Mein Totenbett vielleicht. -- Juchhe, Musik!
In durstigen Zügen trinkt mein heißer Blick
Das junge, schöne, rote Leben ein,
Und trinkt sich nimmer satt an seinem Licht.
Noch einen Tanz! Wie bald! und Kerzenschein
Und Klang und Lust verlischt; der Mondschein flicht
Schwermütig seinen Kranz in Tod und Graus.
-- Juchhe, Musik! Vom Tanz erbebt das Haus,
Erregt am Pfeiler klirrt mein hängend Schwert. --

Vor den Fenstern wiehert mein Pferd.

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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, pages 12-13.


Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Grande Valse", written 1897, appears in Chopin, 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):

    [ None yet in the database ]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Grande Valse", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-05-05
Line count: 25
Word count: 155

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