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Wie jede Blüte welkt und jede Jugend Dem Alter weicht, blüht jede Lebensstufe, Blüht jede Weisheit auch und jede Tugend Zu ihrer Zeit und darf nicht ewig dauern. Es muß das Herz bei jedem Lebensrufe Bereit zum Abschied sein und Neubeginne, Um sich in Tapferkeit und ohne Trauern In andre, neue Bindungen zu geben. Und jedem Anfang wohnt ein Zauber inne, Der uns beschützt und der uns hilft, zu leben. Wir sollen heiter Raum um Raum durchschreiten, An keinem wie an einer Heimat hängen, Der Weltgeist will nicht fesseln uns und engen, Er will uns Stuf' um Stufe heben, weiten. Kaum sind wir heimisch einem Lebenskreise Und traulich eingewohnt, so droht Erschlaffen, Nur wer bereit zu Aufbruch ist und Reise, Mag lähmender Gewöhnung sich entraffen. Es wird vielleicht auch noch die Todesstunde Uns neuen Räumen jung entgegen senden, Des Lebens Ruf an uns wird niemals enden... Wohlan denn, Herz, nimm Abschied und gesunde!
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Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Stufen", written 1941 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Stufen", 2004 [ bass or bass-baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Creuzburg (b. 1907), "Stufen", published 1975 [ baritone and small orchestra ], from Drei Gesänge nach Gedichten aus "Das Glasperlenspiel", no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Czelinski (1901 - 1969), "Stufen", 1949 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Kurt Fiebig (1908 - 1988), "Stufen", published 1954 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "In neue Räume", 1965, first performed 1965 [ SATB chorus, flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 2 horns and strings ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Heiller (1923 - 1979), "Stufen", 1961 [ four-part chorus of equal voices ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Junker , "Stufen", 1947 [ tenor and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Lache , "Stufen", 1957 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Müller-Zürich (1898 - 1993), "Stufen" [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Pfiffner (1922 - 2011), "Stufen", <<1983 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Glasperlenspiel-Gesänge, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Dietrich Schmidt , "Stufen", 1956 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Stufen", op. 42a no. 1 (1977) [ medium voice and piano ], from Stufen - Hesse-Lieder 1977 für mittlere Singstimme, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Weismann (1900 - 1980), "Stufen", published 1959 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Steps", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Degrés", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-12
Line count: 22
Word count: 153
Comme toute fleur fane, toute jeunesse Le cède à l'âge, toute étape de la vie fleurit, Toute sagesse et toute vertu fleurissent En leur temps et ne peuvent éternellement durer. À chaque appel de la vie, le cœur doit être Prêt au départ et au recommencement, Pour, avec vaillance et sans tristesse, Se consacrer à d'autres nouveaux engagements. Et il y a dans ce commencement un sortilège Qui nous protège et qui nous aide à vivre. Il nous faut avancer avec entrain d'un espace à l'autre, Dans aucun nous accrocher comme chez soi, L'esprit du monde ne veut ni nous entraver ni nous limiter, Il veut nous élever, nous agrandir, degré par degré. À peine faisons-nous partie d'un cercle vital Et nous y sentons-nous à l'aise que menace le relâchement, Seul celui qui est prêt à la rupture et au voyage Peut rapidement échapper à la paralysie de l'habitude. Peut-être aussi l'heure de la mort Nous enverra-t-elle jeune vers de nouveaux espaces, L'appel de la vie ne finira jamais en nous ... Allons donc, cœur, prends congé, et guéris !
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Stufen", written 1941
This text was added to the website: 2013-02-10
Line count: 22
Word count: 178