Fingerlein schreibt ein Gedicht, Magnolie bleich schaut zum Fenster herein, Im Glas funkelt dunkel der Abendwein, Spiegelt der Geliebten Haar und Gesicht. Sommernacht hat ihre dünnen Sterne verstreut, Jugendgedächtnis duftet im mondhellen Laub . . . Bald, mein Fingerlein, sind wir Moder und Staub, Übermorgen - morgen - vielleicht noch heut.
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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 308.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Sommerabend", written 1927 [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 Hartmut Goes , "Fingerlein schreibt ein Gedicht", 1935 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Ruck (1897 - 1983), "Sommerabend ", op. 112 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1948) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Sommerabend ", op. 42a no. 9 (1977) [ medium voice and piano ], from Stufen - Hesse-Lieder 1977 für mittlere Singstimme, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
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