Durch viele Täler wandernd kam ich her, Nach keinem Ziele hin steht mein Begehr. Hinschauend seh ich an der Ferne Rand Italien, meiner Jugendjahre Land, Indes vom Norden mir herüberschaut Das kühlere Land, wo ich mein Haus gebaut. Ich schaue still mit wunderlichem Schmerz Zu meinem Jugendgarten südenwärts Und winke grüßend mit geschwungenem Hut Dem Norden zu, wo nun mein Wandern ruht. Und brennend geht es durch die Seele mir: Ach, meine Heimat ist nicht dort, nicht hier!
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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 203.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Alpenpaß", written c1910 [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 Heinz-Otto Hoffmann (b. 1902), "Alpenpaß", 1932-47 [ voice and piano ], from 21 Lieder, no. 16 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Alpenpaß", op. 11 no. 2, published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Zweiter Liederkreis - 15 Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Coll dels Alps", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Alpine pass", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Col alpin", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2014-01-27
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