Gottes Atem hin und wider, Himmel oben, Himmel unten, Licht singt tausendfache Lieder, Gott wird Welt im farbig Bunten. Weiß zu Schwarz und Warm zum Kühlen Fühlt sich immer neu gezogen, Ewig aus chaotischem Wühlen Klärt sich neu der Regenbogen. So durch unsre Seele wandelt Tausendfalt in Qual und Wonne Gottes Licht, erschafft und handelt, Und wir preisen Ihn als Sonne.
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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 264-265.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Magie der Farben", written 1918, appears in Gedichte des Malers, no. 1 [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 Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Magie der Farben", op. 41 no. 9 [ high voice and piano ], from Wanderung - Eine Liederfolge für hohe Stimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Magie der Farben", op. 44 (Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse) no. 2 (1929), published 1931 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The magic of colours", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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