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Über dem See und hinter den rosigen Bergen Liegt Italien meiner Jugend gelobtes Land, Meiner Träume vertraute Heimat. Rote Bäume sprechen vom Herbst. Und im beginnenden Herbst Meines Lebens sitz' ich allein, Schaue der Welt ins schöne grausame Auge, Wähle Farben der Liebe und male sie, Die so oft mich betrog, Die ich immer und immer noch liebe. Liebe und Einsamkeit, Liebe und unerfüllbare Sehnsucht Sind die Mütter der Kunst; Noch im Herbst meines Lebens Führen sie mich an der Hand, Und ihr sehnliches Lied Zaubert Glanz über See und Gebirg Und die abschiednehmende, schöne Welt.
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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 269.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Blick nach Italien", written 1920, appears in Gedichte des Malers, no. 8 [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 Erich Petzold , "Blick nach Italien" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Würz (1903 - 1995), "Blick nach Italien", op. 36 no. 6 (1948) [ baritone and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für Bariton nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Vista d'Itàlia", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "View toward Italy", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Regard vers l'Italie", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2014-10-21
Line count: 18
Word count: 96
Over the lake and beyond the rosy mountains Lies Italy, the promised land of my youth, The familiar homeland of my dreams. Red trees speak of autumn. And in the coming of the autumn Of my life I sit alone, Gaze into the beautiful, cruel eye of the world, Choose colours of love and paint her Who so often betrayed me, Whom I ever and ever still love. Love and solitude, Love and longing that can never be stilled Are the mothers of art; Even in the autumn of my life They lead me by the hand, And their yearning song Magically lays radiance upon lake and mountains And [upon] the beautiful world that takes its farewell.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Blick nach Italien", written 1920, appears in Gedichte des Malers, no. 8
This text was added to the website: 2014-10-21
Line count: 18
Word count: 117