Das sind die Stunden, die wir nicht begreifen! Sie beugen uns in Todestiefen nieder Und löschen aus, was wir von Trost gewußt, Sie reißen uns geheimgehaltene Lieder Mit blutend wunden Wurzeln aus der Brust. Und doch sind das die Stunden, deren Last Uns Stille lehrt und innerlichste Rast Und die zu Weisen uns und Dichtern reifen.
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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, pages 118-119.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Dunkelste Stunden", written 1902 [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 Wilhelm Lache , "Dunkelste Stunden", 1953 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Dunkelste Stunden ", op. 24 no. 6 [ medium voice and piano ], from Acht vermischte Lieder für mittlere Singstimme und Klavier nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Frank Steiner , "Dunkelste Stunden" [ voice and piano ], from Der Blütenzweig - Fünf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Les hores més fosques", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The darkest hours", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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