Quan els records dels meus llunyans dies d'infantesa

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Zuweilen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Wenn mich der fernen Kindertage,
Gedächtnis plötzlich überfällt,
Das ist wie einer alten Sage
Von Dichtersang verklärte Welt.

Dann muss ich still die Augen senken,
Und jener hellen, hellen Zeit,
Beklommen und wie einer denken,
Der eine schwere Schuld bereut.

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Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Zuweilen", written 1900, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Irrwege, first published 1919 [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 Richard Czelinski (1901 - 1969), "Zuweilen", 1950 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Zuweilen ", op. 12 no. 2 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf volkstümliche Gesänge für mittlere Stimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Now and then", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Quan els records dels meus llunyans dies...

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

Quan els records dels meus llunyans dies d'infantesa
de sobte em venen a la memòria,
és com una llegenda antiga,
un món transfigurat per el cant d'un poeta.

Llavors he de baixar la mirada en silenci,
i pensar en aquell temps tan lluminós,
amb angoixa i com qui
es penedeix d'una culpa greu.

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Translations of titles:
"Zuweilen" = "De vegades"
"Zuweilen " = "De vegades"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Zuweilen", written 1900, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Irrwege, first published 1919
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This text was added to the website: 2026-04-05
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