Wieder klirrt ein Fest in Scherben Und ich taumle angstbeklommen Über hartgefrorne Felder, Fürchte, nimmer heimzukommen. O du Trunkenheit der Schmerzen, Wenn der Wonnekelch zerschlagen, Lieber will ich dich im Herzen Als so halbe Lust ertragen. Nur das Böseste und Beste Mag die arme Seele hegen, Seien's Schmerzen, seien's Feste -- Denn sie glüht des Glühens wegen.
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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 189.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Heimweg vom Fest", written 1913 [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 Carl von Szelle , "Heimweg vom Fest", 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Sechszehn [sic] Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The way home after the celebration", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Retour à la maison après la fête", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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