Bescheiden klopf ich wieder an dein Tor Und tret in den geliebten Garten ein, Da atm ich meiner Jugend Lieblingsflor Aufs neue mit geschärften Sinnen ein. Herüber duftet aus der Jugendzeit Begeisterung entrückter Lesestunden, Doch hab ich nie so tief wie jetzt im Leid Geliebter Dichtung innigen Wert empfunden. Aus kühlen Grotten ruft mir Blütenglut Und süße Leidenschaft ihr Lied ins Herz, Und heilig wird, was sonst so wehe tut; Die Dichtung winkt, und lächeln lernt der Schmerz.
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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 234.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Beim Wiederlesen des Maler Nolten", written 1916 [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 Franz Krause (b. 1889), "Beim Wiederlesen des Maler Nolten", op. 48 no. 11 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Al rellegir el “Pintor Nolten” (*)", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Upon rereading Maler Nolten", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "En relisant Le peintre Nolten", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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