Laufeuchte Winde schweifen, Nachtvögel hört man überm Ried Mit schweren Flügeln streifen Und fern im Dorf ein Fischerlied. Aus niegewesenen Zeiten Sind trübe Sagen angestimmt Und Klagen um ewige Leiden; Weh dem, der sie bei Nacht vernimmt! Laß klagen, Kind, laß rauschen! Rings ist die Welt vom Leide schwer. Wir wollen den Vögeln lauschen Und auch dem Lied vom Dorfe her.
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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 133.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Zunachten", written 1905 [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 Herbert Brust (1900 - 1968), "Zunachten", op. 81 no. 3, published 1951 [ baritone and piano ], from Musik des Einsamen, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Werner Bühler (1904 - 1968), "Zunachten" [ high voice and piano ], from Lieder für eine höhere Singstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alois Heiduczek (1902 - 1973), "Zunachten" [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], from Vier vierstimmige Frauenchöre a cappella nach Worten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Helmut König (b. 1930), "Zunachten", published 1955 [ voice and guitar ], fragment? [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Günther Langenberg , "Zunachten " [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gottfried Rüdinger (1886 - 1946), "Zunachten ", op. 30 no. 2, published 1922 [ alto and piano ], from Spätblau - Ein Liederkreis nach Hermann Hesse für eine Alt-Stimme, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Schmidt-Teich , "Zunachten ", 1935-6 [ tenor and orchestra ], from Sechs Gedichte von Hermann Hesse für Tenorstimme mit Orchesterbegleitung, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl von Szelle , "Zunachten ", 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Sechszehn [sic] Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Percy) Gerd Watkinson (b. 1918), "Zunachten", published 1975 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Landstreicherlieder auf Verse von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Zunachten ", 1960 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Zunachten ", 1950 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "At night", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Tombée de la nuit", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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