Ohne Schmuck und Perlenglanz Laß mich auf die Stufen legen, Stumm erflehend deinen Segen, Meiner Jugend welken Kranz. Kämpfe, Fahrten, Wunden viel, Ungenossene herbe Siege Ruhmlos durchgekämpfter Kriege Finden müde nun ihr Ziel. Lüste bunt und freudefarb Senken müdgewordene Hände, Ihr Gelächter ist zu Ende, Ihre rote Flamme starb. Sterbend, blaß und fieberwund Wollen sie, der Welt vergessen, Müd auf harte Stufen pressen Den verblühten Liebesmund.
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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 105.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1901, appears in Marienlieder, 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):
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Ohne Schmuck und Perlenglanz ", op. 11 no. 2 [ high voice and piano ], from Drei Marien-Lieder für höhere Stimme und Klavier nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Ohne Schmuck und Perlenglanz", <<1949 [ baritone and piano ], from Drei Marienlieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Without adornment and the radiance of pearls", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sans ornements ni orient de perles", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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