Im Astwerk wiegt sich der müde Wind in Schlaf. Meine Hand Lässt eine blutrote Blüte Zerflattern im Sonnenbrand. Ich habe schon viele Blüten Blühn und zerflattern sehn; Die Freuden und Wehen kommen und gehn, Man kann sie nicht behüten. Ich habe auch verstreuet Mein Herzblut in das Leben hin; Ich weiß nicht, ob's mich reuet, Ich weiß nur, daß ich müde bin.
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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 53-54.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Liebesmüde", written 1899, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Irrwege, first published 1919 [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 , "Liebesmüde", 1951 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Franz Schwarz , "Im Astwerk wiegt sich der müde", 1952 [ male voice and orchestra ], from Die Stunden eilen... - Drei Lieder für eine Männerstimme mit Orchesterbegleitung, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Love-weary", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Lassitude amoureuse", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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