Ferneher der Donner ruft, Schwarze Wolkenmänner jagen Stöhnend durch die schwüle Luft Und der Wald beginnt zu klagen. Einsam durch das weite Feld Kommt ein Pilger hergeschritten, Einer, der im Kampf der Welt Schmach und Wunden viel erlitten. Zitternd knistert Zweig und Laub, Schwüler wird die Luft und gelber, Dick in Wolken fliegt der Staub, Und der Pilger bin ich selber.
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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 101.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Pilger", subtitle: "(1901)", written 1901 [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 Werner Wehrli (1892 - 1944), "Pilger", op. 23 no. 4, published 1928 [ low voice, violin, and piano ], from Fünf Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Pilgrim", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Pèlerin", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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