Traum gibt, was Tag verschloß; Nachts, wenn der Wille erliegt, Streben befreite Kräfte empor, Göttlicher Ahnung folgend. Wald rauscht und Strom, und durch der regen Seele Nachtblauen Himmel Wetterleuchten weht. In mir und außer mir Ist ungeschieden, Welt und ich ist eins. Wolke weht durch mein Herz, Wald träumt meinen Traum, Haus und Birnbaum erzählt mir Die vergessene Sage gemeinsamer Kindheit. Ströme hallen und Schluchten schatten in mir, Mond ist und bleicher Stern mein vertrauter Gespiele. Aber die milde Nacht, Die sich über mich mit sanftem Gewölke neigt, Hat meiner Mutter Gesicht, Küßt mich lächelnd in unerschöpflicher Liebe, Schüttelt träumerisch wie in alter Zeit Ihr geliebtes Haupt, und ihr Haar Wallt durch die Welt, und es zittern Blaß aufzuckend darin die tausend Sterne.
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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 219.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Adagio", written 1912, appears in Feierliche Abendmusik, no. 3 [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 Hans Peter Nowak (b. 1932), "Adagio", 1983 [ voice and piano ], from Feierliche Abendmusik, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josef Röösli , "Adagio", published 1977 [ reciter and piano ], from Feierliche Abendmusik, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz Sälter , "Adagio", op. 13 no. 3 (1949) [ alto, four-part mixed chorus, piano, and orchestra ], from Feierliche Abendmusik nach Worten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Franz Schwarz , "Adagio", 1948 [ voice and piano (or orchestra?) ], from Musik des Einsamen, no. 15 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Töpfer (b. 1891), "Adagio", 1957, first performed 1958 [ baritone, clarinet, and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Adagio", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Adagio", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Adagio", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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