Das Geld ist aus, die Flasche leer, Und einer nach dem andern Legt sich zu Boden müde sehr Und ruht vom langen Wandern. Der eine träumt noch vom Gendarm, Dem er mit Not entronnen, Dem andern ist, er liege warm Im Felde an der Sonnen. Der dritte Kunde schaut ins Licht Als ob er Geister sehe, Er stützt den Kopf und schlummert nicht Und hat ein heimlich Wehe. Das Licht verlischt und alles ruht, Nur noch die Scheiben funkeln, Da nimmt er leise Stock und Hut Und wandert fort im Dunkeln.
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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 113.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Handwerksburschenpenne", written 1902 [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), "Handwerksburschenpenne", published 1945-8 [ voice and piano ], from Hermann Hesse Lieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fritz Brun (1878 - 1959), "Handwerksburschenpenne", published 1931 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolph Ganz (1877 - 1972), "Handwerksburschenpenne", op. 11 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 3, published 1908 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bertold Hummel (1925 - 2002), "Handwerksburschenpenne", op. 71a no. 2, published 1978, from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Georg Krietsch (1904 - 1969), "Handwerksburschenpenne", published 1954 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philipp Mohler (1908 - 1982), "Handwerksburschenpenne", op. 36 no. 3 (1957), published 1957-9 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vagabundenlieder - Gesänge nach Hermann Hesse für mittlere Stimme, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Schmid-Kayser (1874 - 1964), "Handwerksburschenpenne", published 1925 [ voice and lute ], from Neue Weisen zur Laute, 1. Heft: Wanderlieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Percy) Gerd Watkinson (b. 1918), "Handwerksburschenpenne", published 1975 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Landstreicherlieder auf Verse von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Handwerksburschenpenne", <<1949 [ baritone and piano ], from Drei Handwerksburschenlieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La becaina dels menestrals", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sleeping place of the young tradesmen", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le roupillon des compagnons", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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