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Sei du willkommen, frühe Nacht, Die mich umfängt und müde macht, Sei du willkommen, Bruder Tod! Ich sehe Sterne scheinen, Ach, meine Mutter wird weinen -- Nein, weine nicht, ich leide keine Not! Du Fremder, der mich hingestreckt, Nun liegst auch du von Nacht bedeckt Im friedevollen Sternenschein, Und unser Streit und Hassen Muß in der Nacht verblassen, Bald werden wir versöhnt und Brüder sein. Nimm mich, du Welt, an deine Brust Und ströme deine dunkle Lust Noch einmal durch mein ängstlich Herz. Wie sind wir irr gegangen Und müssen doch gelangen Zur Mutter alle heimatwärts
E. Reichert sets stanza 3
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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 225.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Tod im Felde", written 1914 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Friedrich Niggli (1875 - 1959), "Tod im Felde", op. 15 (Vier Lieder von Hermann Hesse) no. 4, published 1922? [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eugen Papst (1886 - 1956), "Tod im Felde", 1914-8 [ baritone and orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Reichert (1901 - 1958), "Nimm mich, du Welt, an deine Brust", published 1957, stanza 3 [ high voice and piano ], from Sechs Gesänge für hohe Stimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 6 [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
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-29
Line count: 18
Word count: 95
Be welcome, you early night That enfolds me and makes me weary, Be welcome, Brother Death! I see stars shining, Ah, my mother shall weep -- No, do not weep; I suffer no distress! You stranger who felled me, Now you, too, lie shrouded in night In the peaceful radiance of the stars, And our quarrel and hatred Must grow pale in the night; Soon we shall be reconciled and brethren. Gather me, world, to your breast, And pour your dark passion Once more through my fearful heart. How we went astray! And yet we must all find our way Homeward to our mother.
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Translations of title(s):
"Tod im Felde" = "Death on the battlefield"
"Nimm mich, du Welt, an deine Brust" = "Gather me, world, to your breast"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Tod im Felde", written 1914
This text was added to the website: 2019-05-01
Line count: 18
Word count: 103