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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Nun ist der Tag zu Ende
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Nun ist der Tag zu Ende.
Leg mir die lieben Hände
Auf Stirn und Haar
Und singe mir! Und wende
Von mir der Träume laute Schar!
 
Ich fürcht mich vor den langen,
Verschwiegenen, träumebangen
Stunden der Nacht,
Wenn du bist schlafen gangen
Und nur mein weher Herzschlag wacht.
 
Dann geht auf dunklen Wegen
Mein Herz mit harten Schlägen
Der bangen Nacht,
Der bangen Nacht entgegen,
Die meine Lieder stille macht.
 
Dann kommt mit leisen Schritten
Und zagen Kinderbitten
Mein Glück zu mir,
Und sieht, was ich gelitten,
Und sagt: mein Freund, was ward aus dir?
 
Dann kommen die versäumten
Tage und die verschäumten
Becher zu mir,
Und alle ungeträumten
Glücksträume schlank und mädchenzier.
 
Leg mir die lieben Hände
Auf Stirn und Haar, und wende
Die Holden ab.
Mein Tag ist nun zu Ende,
Ich weiß, was ich verloren hab!

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Please note: this text, provided here for educational and research use, is in the public domain in Canada, but it may still be copyright in other legal jurisdictions. The LiederNet Archive makes no guarantee that the above text is public domain in your country. Please consult your country's copyright statutes or a qualified IP attorney to verify whether a certain text is in the public domain in your country or if downloading or distributing a copy constitutes fair use. The LiederNet Archive assumes no legal responsibility or liability for the copyright compliance of third parties.

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 15-16.


Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1898, appears in Krankheit (Herbst 1898), 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), "Nun ist der Tag zu Ende", op. 7 no. 7 [ high voice and piano ], from Zehn romantische Lieder für mittlere Stimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Now the day is at an end", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-03
Line count: 30
Word count: 139

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