by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Frühling
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
Wieder schreitet er den braunen Pfad
Von den stürmeklaren Berge nieder,
Wieder quellen, wo der Schöne naht,
Liebe Blumen auf und Vogellieder.

Wieder auch verführt er meinen Sinn,
Daß in dieser zart erblühten Reine
Mir die Erde, deren Gast ich bin,
Eigentum und holde Heimat scheine.

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 144.


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  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Spring", subtitle: "(May 1907)", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 46

Une fois encore il emprunte le sentier...
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Une fois encore il emprunte le sentier brunâtre
Qui descend des montagnes nettoyées des tempêtes
Une fois encore , là où s'approche le beau printemps,
Jaillissent mignonnes fleurs et chants d'oiseaux.

Une fois encore il séduit mes sens,
De sorte que dans cette délicate florissante pureté,
La Terre dont je suis l'hôte semble
M'appartenir et être ma charmante patrie.

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Translations of title(s):
"Frühling" = "Printemps"
"Frühling " = "Printemps"


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This text was added to the website: 2019-05-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 60