Hermann Hesse Poems

My Pillow gazes upon me at night
Empty as a gravestone;
I never thought it would be so bitter
To be alone,
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Don't be downcast, soon the night will come,
When we can see the cool moon laughing in secret
Over the faint countryside,
And we rest, hand in hand.
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At night, when the sea cradles me
And the pale star gleam
Lies down on its broad waves,
Then I free myself wholly
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You brothers, who are mine,
Poor people, near and far,
Longing for every star,
Dream of relief from pain,
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Only on me, the lonely one,
The unending stars of the night shine,
The stone fountain whispers its magic song,
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In this evil year, autumn comes early...
I walk by night in the field, alone, the rain clatters,
The wind on my hat...And you? And you, my friend?
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Is this everything now, the quick delusions of flowers,
And the down colors of the bright summer meadow,
The soft blue spread of heaven, the bees' song,
Is this everything only a god's
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How heavy the days are.
There's not a fire that can warm me,
Not a sun to laugh with me,
Everything bare,
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As every flower fades and as all youth
Departs, so life at every stage,
So every virtue, so our grasp of truth,
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Graceful, spiritual,
with the gentleness of arabesques
our life is similar
to the existence of fairies
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