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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Unbegreiflich fremd und ferne
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG
Unbegreiflich fremd und ferne
Blickt die Jugendheimat her,
Ihre Sonnen, ihre Sterne
Leuchten meinem Weg nicht mehr.
Ihre Freuden und Beschwerden
Heute Lied und Sage sind,
Ihre Namen und Gebärden
Kaum noch Blätterspiel im Wind.
Aber hier auf Buches Zeilen
Stehen sie zum Bild gebannt,
Warten treulich und verweilen,
Haben Form und halten Stand.
Und nach leidgetränkten Jahren,
Die so vieles uns zerstört,
Wird der Welt, die wir einst waren,
Sage immer noch gehört.
Ihre Runen werden bleicher,
Ihre Töne fern und zart,
Doch sie hat in zauberreicher
Anmut ewige Gegenwart.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Wetzel 

J. Wetzel sets lines 1-8, 17-20

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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 372-373.


Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Beim Wiederlesen von 'Heumond' und 'Schön ist die Jugend'", written 1944 [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 Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Jugendheimat", 1947, lines 1-8,17-20 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-10-21
Line count: 20
Word count: 91

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