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Sonne, [leuchte]1 mir ins Herz hinein, Wind, verweh mir Sorgen und Beschwerden! Tiefere Wonne weiß ich nicht auf Erden, Als im Weiten unterwegs zu sein. Nach der Ebene nehm ich meinen Lauf, Sonne soll mich sengen, Meer mich kühlen; Unsrer Erde Leben mitzufühlen, Tu ich alle Sinne festlich auf. Und so soll mir jeder neue Tag Neue Freunde, neue Brüder weisen, Bis ich leidlos alle Kräfte preisen, Aller Sterne Gast und Freund sein mag.
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View original text (without footnotes)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 173.
1 Wittmer: "scheine"Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Reiselied", written 1911 [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 Josef Brauneis (1873 - 1948), "Sonne leuchte mir ins Herz hinein", <<1934 [ voice and piano ], fragment [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Werner Bühler (1904 - 1968), "Reiselied" [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Dietsch (1904 - 1971), "Reiselied", published 1956 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Wege und Ziel - ein Zyklus von 5 Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Christian Georg Erdlen (1893 - 1973), "Reiselied", published 1959 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Sonne leuchte mir ins Herz - Drei Hermann-Hesse-Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Gerdes , "Reiselied", published 1910 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Gerhardt, jun. (1888 - 1985), "Reiselied" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Willy Giesen (1911 - 1981), "Sonne, leuchte mir ins Herz hinein", published 1959 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jürgen Golle (b. 1942), "Reiselied", published 1995 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Sonne, leuchte mir ins Herz hinein - Ein Zyklus auf Texte verschiedener Dichter, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Gress (1893 - 1988), "Reiselied", op. 85 no. 6, published 1950 [ voice, oboe, and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Haas (1879 - 1960), "Reiselied", op. 65 no. 7, published 1925 [ high voice and piano ], from Unterwegs, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Hasse (1883 - 1960), "Reiselied", op. 98 (Sieben Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse) no. 7 (1949) [ mezzo-soprano, alto, or baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo Herrmann (1896 - 1967), "Reiselied", published 1949 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Weggesänge - Drei Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by André Jomini , "Reiselied" [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Kracke (1910 - 1989), "Sonne leuchte mir ins Herz hinein", published 1963 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Kulla (1910 - 1956), "Sonne leuchte mir ins Herz hinein", published 1936 [ voice and guitar ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Kulla (1910 - 1956), "Auf froher Fahrt", published 1953 [ duet for 2 voices unaccompanied ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz Lau (1925 - 1975), "...im Weiten unterwegs", 1951 [ unaccompanied voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz Lau (1925 - 1975), "Sonne leuchte mir ins Herz hinein", <<1953 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz Lau (1925 - 1975), "Sonne leuchte mir ins Herz hinein" [ three-part chorus of equal voices a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz Lau (1925 - 1975), "Sonne leuchte mir ins Herz hinein" [ 2-part chorus of equal voices a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Leicht (b. 1899), "Reiselied", published 1952 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Lothar (1885 - 1971), "Reiselied", op. 75 no. 2 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Friedrich Micheelsen (1902 - 1973), "Reiselied", 1940 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolf Wilhelm Müller (1876 - 1945), "Reiselied", published c1931 [ voice and guitar ad libitum ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Müller (flourished c1929), "Reiselied", 1929 [ two-part chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Müller-Zürich (1898 - 1993), "Reiselied", published 1960 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Ophoven (1914 - 2004), "Sonne leuchte mir ins Herz hinein" [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walter A. Pfeiffer , "Reiselied", published 1935 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Martin Rössler (b. 1934), "Reiselied", 1958 [ soprano and piano ], from Unterwegs - Liederzyklus für Sopran und Klavier nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Reiselied", op. 12 no. 1 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf volkstümliche Gesänge für mittlere Stimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walter Steffens (b. 1934), "Reiselied", <<1956 [ unaccompanied voice ], from Zwei Hesse-Vertonungen, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alfred Stier (1880 - 1968), "Reiselied", 1923 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bruno Straumann (1889 - 1973), "Reiselied", 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Süssmuth (1892 - 1943), "Reiselied", published c1928 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Weismann (1900 - 1980), "Reiselied", published 1954 [ three-part women's chorus a cappella ], from Sechs Frauenchöre, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Reiselied" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by F. Willi , "Reiselied" [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eberhard Ludwig Wittmer (1905 - 1989), "Sonnenleuchten", published 1963 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], in the collection Liederheft für Männerchor, Ausgabe 1963 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Zipp (1914 - 1997), "Reiselied", 1950, published 1950 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Zoll (1907 - 1978), "Reiselied" [ three-part women's chorus or children's chorus with 4 accordions ], from Hoch im Blau die Wolken stehn - Sommerliche Kantate, no. 7 [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 (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2018, (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: 2009-04-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 74
Sun, shine into my heart, Wind, carry away my anxieties and afflictions! I know of no deeper bliss upon earth Than to be underway in the wide expanses. I take my path toward the flatlands, The sun is to singe me, the sea cool me; Ceremoniously I open all my senses To share in feeling the life of our earth. And thus every new day shall show me New friends, new brethren, Until, without sorrow, I praise all powers, And may be the guest and friend of all stars.
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Translations of title(s):
"Reiselied" = "Travelling song"
"Auf froher Fahrt" = "Upon a joyous journey"
"...im Weiten unterwegs" = "...underway in the wide expanse"
"Sonne leuchte mir ins Herz hinein" = "Sun, shine into my heart"
"Sonnenleuchten" = "The shining of the sun"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 by Sharon Krebs, (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), "Reiselied", written 1911
This text was added to the website: 2017-11-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 89