Ob du tanzen gehst in Tand und Plunder, Ob dein Herz sich wund in Sorgen müht, Täglich neu erfährst du doch das Wunder, Daß des Lebens Flamme in dir glüht. Mancher läßt sie lodern und verprassen, Trunken im verzückten Augenblick, Andre geben sorglich und gelassen Kind und Enkeln weiter ihr Geschick. Doch verloren sind nur dessen Tage, Den sein Weg durch dumpfe Dämmrung führt, Der sich sättigt in des Tages Plage Und des Lebens Flamme niemals spürt.
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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 217.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Die Flamme", written 1910 [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 Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Die Flamme", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Carl Theodor) Oskar Ulmer (1883 - 1966), "Die Flamme", op. 34 no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Die Flamme ", op. 11 no. 13, published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Zweiter Liederkreis - 15 Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La flama", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The flame", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La flamme", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-04
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