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Sommer ward alt und müd, Läßt sinken die grausamen Hände, Blickt leer übers Land. Es ist nun zu Ende, Er hat seine Feuer versprüht, Seine Blumen verbrannt. So geht es allen. Am Ende Blicken wir müd zurück, Hauchen fröstelnd in leere Hände, Zweifeln, ob je ein Glück, Je eine Tat gewesen. Weit liegt unser Leben zurück, Blaß wie Märchen, die wir gelesen. Einst hat Sommer den Frühling erschlagen, Hat sich jünger und stärker gewußt. Nun nickt er und lacht. In diesen Tagen Sinnt er auf eine ganz neue Lust: Nichts mehr wollen, allem entsagen, Hinsinken und die blassen Hände dem kalten Tode lassen, Nichts mehr hören noch sehen, Einschlafen . . . erlöschen . . . vergehen . . .
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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 323-324.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Sommer ward alt . . .", written 1933 [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 Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Sommer ward alt und müd", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-06-02
Line count: 22
Word count: 120
L’estiu ha esdevingut vell i cansat, deixa caure les seves ferotges mans, esguarda buit de sentit damunt la terra. Ara és a la seva fi, ha espargit el seu foc, ha abrusat les seves flors. Així s’esdevé per a tothom. Al final esguardem cansats enrere, tremolant de fred, bufem en mans buides, dubtem de si mai hi ha hagut una felicitat, si mai una feta. La nostra vida rau lluny en el passat, somorta, com rondalles que un cop vàrem llegir. Un dia l’estiu va occir la primavera, es creia més jove i més fort, ara assenteix i riu. En aquests dies pensa en tot un nou gaudi: no desitjar res més, renunciat a tot, esvanir-se i deixar les seves pàl·lides mans a la freda mort, no sentir ni veure res més, adormir-se... extingir-se... morir...
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"Sommer ward alt . . ." = "L’estiu ha esdevingut vell..."
"Sommer ward alt und müd" = "L’estiu ha esdevingut vell i cansat"
Text Authorship:
- 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), "Sommer ward alt . . .", written 1933
This text was added to the website: 2025-12-17
Line count: 22
Word count: 135