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Es ist kein Tag so streng und heiß, Des sich der Abend nicht erbarmt, Und den nicht gütig, lind und leis Die mütterliche Nacht umarmt. Auch Du, mein Herz, getröste dich, So heiß dein Sehnen dich bedrängt, Die Nacht ist nah, die mütterlich In sanfte Arme dich empfängt. Es wird ein Bett, es wird ein Schrein Dem ruhelosen Wandergast Von fremder Hand bereitet sein, Darin du endlich Ruhe hast. Vergiß es nicht, mein wildes Herz, Und liebe sehnlich jede Lust Und liebe auch den bittern Schmerz, Eh du für immer ruhen mußt. Es ist kein Tag so streng und heiß, Des sich der Abend nicht erbarmt, Und den nicht gütig, lind und leis Die mütterliche Nacht umarmt.
R. Brömel sets stanzas 1-4
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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 158.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Vergiß es nicht", written 1908 [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 Rudolf Brömel (b. 1877), "Vergiß es nicht", published 1945-8, stanzas 1-4 [ voice and piano ], from Hermann Hesse Lieder, no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Helmut Hoppe , "Vergiß es nicht", op. 1 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 (<<1954) [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Werner Kuck (1891 - ?), "Vergiß es nicht", op. 19 no. 4 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hildegard Quiel (1888 - 1971), "Vergiß es nicht" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by August Reuss (1871 - 1935), "Vergiß es nicht!", op. 36 (Acht Lieder) no. 5, published <<1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Scholz , "Vergiß es nicht", 1953 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Scholz , "Vergiß es nicht", 1954 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Herbert Schultz (b. 1911), "Es ist kein Tag so streng und heiß", 1959 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Im Zauberkreis der Nacht - Drei Männerchöre, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Margarete Schweikert (1887 - 1957), "Vergiss es nicht", 1920 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erich Stockmayer (1883 - 1965), "Trost der Nacht" [ voice and piano ], one of two settings [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erich Stockmayer (1883 - 1965), "Trost der Nacht" [ four-part mixed chorus and piano ], one of two settings (employs the same melody as the other) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Ewald Zingel (1876 - 1944), "Vergiß es nicht", published 1917 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ne l'oublie pas", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-23
Line count: 20
Word count: 117
Il n'est pas de jour si fort et si chaud Dont le soir ne s'apitoie, Et que avec bonté, douceur et légèreté La nuit maternelle n'embrasse. Toi aussi mon cœur, console-toi, Si brûlante que soit ta mélancolie, La nuit est proche, qui, maternelle, T'accueille dans ses tendres bras. Il y aura un lit, il y aura une châsse Pour l'hôte voyageur inquiet, Préparés par une main étrangère, Où enfin tu trouveras le repos. Ne l'oublie pas, mon cœur farouche, Et aime passionnément chaque plaisir, Et aime aussi l'amère douleur Avant que tu ne doives te reposer pour toujours. Il n'est pas de jour si fort et si chaud Dont le soir ne s'apitoie, Et que avec bonté, douceur et légèreté La nuit maternelle n'embrasse.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Pierre Mathé, (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), "Vergiß es nicht", written 1908
This text was added to the website: 2011-12-21
Line count: 20
Word count: 124