Hat man mich gestraft, Halt ich meinen Mund, Weine mich in Schlaf, Wache auf gesund. Hat man mich gestraft, Heißt man mich den Kleinen, Will ich nicht mehr weinen, Lache mich in Schlaf. Große Leute sterben, Onkel, Großpapa, Aber ich, ich bleibe Immer, immer da.
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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 392.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Kleiner Knabe", written 1960 [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 Wolfgang Nening (b. 1966), "Kleiner Knabe", 2004/5 [ medium voice and piano ], from 4 Lieder nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Little lad", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-12-03
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