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Heut spiel ich dir ein Lied Auf gedämpfter Saite am Winterabend, Ein Lied aus der grünen Zeit, Da uns die Waldnacht zärtlich Mit Liebeslaubgeflüster in sich sog. Leise schleicht in der Dämmerung Die vergessenen Pfade mein Lied, Ach, die nie vergessenen, Wo ich Klingsors heimliche Krone trug Und im glühenden Julimond Fromm den Göttern des Weins und der Liebe geopfert. Seid ihr alle denn tot, geliebte Bilder jener verzauberten Zeit? Ja, ihr starbt, ihr welktet! Ich aber Lebe, und wenn mir der nächste Sturm Eure Asche vom Haupt und den Schleier vom Herzen reißt, Funkelt die Krone, glühn alle Sterne neu, Und die schwellenden Wälder rufen Meinen Namen und meine Liebe dir zu.
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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 263-264.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Klingsor an Edith", written 1919 [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):
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Richard Junker.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Klingsor a Edith", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Klingsor to Edith", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2021-01-22
Line count: 19
Word count: 113
Avui et toco una cançó en les cordes amb sordina en un capvespre d’hivern, una cançó dels anys joves, quan tendrament la nit al bosc ens absorbí en un amorós xiuxiueig del fullatge. En el crepuscle, silenciosament, la meva cançó s’esquitlla per els viaranys oblidats, ai, els no oblidats on portava la secreta corona de Klingsor, i en la fulgurant lluna de juliol com pietosa ofrena als déus del vi i de l’amor. Sou doncs totes mortes, estimades imatges d’aquell temps encisador? Sí, moríreu, us marcíreu! Però jo visc i quan la propera tempesta m’arrabassi les vostres cendres del cap i el vel del meu cor, espurnejarà la corona, totes les estrelles fulguraran de nou, i els boscos creixents cridaran el meu nom i el meu amor per a tu.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2025 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Klingsor an Edith", written 1919
This text was added to the website: 2025-03-28
Line count: 19
Word count: 130