Nun bückst du dich nieder
Und machst die Schleife los,
Nun liegen meine Lieder
In deinem seidenen Schoß.
Nun treten die Fehle
Einer vergangenen Zeit
Vor deine erschrockene Seele.
Ich aber reise schon weit.
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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 45.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Herbert Brust (1900 - 1968), "Mit einem Liederheft", op. 81 no. 1, published 1951 [ baritone and piano ], from Musik des Einsamen, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Manfred Frischknecht (b. 1937), "Mit einem Liederheft", 1954 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Maux (1893 - 1971), "Mit einem Liederheft", op. 515, published 1943 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Mit einem Liederheft ", op. 42a no. 16 (1977) [ medium voice and piano ], from Stufen - Hesse-Lieder 1977 für mittlere Singstimme, no. 16 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Mit einem Liederheft ", 1950 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Amb un quadern de poemes", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "With a book of poems", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Avec un cahier de poèmes", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2014-09-04
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Word count: 34
Ara t’inclines
i desfàs el llaç,
ara els meus poemes resten
als teus sedosos genolls.
Ara els errors
d’un temps passat es presenten
davant la teva ànima espaordida.
Però jo ja he marxat lluny.