Der See starrt wie Glas, Am steilen Hügelhang Weht silbern das dünne Gras. Jammernd und todesbang Schreit ein Kiebitz in der Luft, Taumelt in zuckenden Bogen. Vom anderen Ufer herübergeflogen Kommt Sensengeläut und sehnlicher Wiesenduft.
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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 150.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Windiger Tag im Juni", written 1907 [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 Otto Maurer (1898 - 1959), "Tag im Juni" [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Grete Wilhelm (b. 1904), "Windiger Tag im Juni ", published 1960 [ SAT chorus a cappella ], from Sechs Chöre für 2 Frauen- und 1 Männerstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz Zabel , "Windiger Tag im Juni ", <<1949 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (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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