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Hermann Poems - Poems about Hermann


Hermann Hesse translation of 'Secretly We Thirst'
Hermann Hesse English Translations Secretly We Thirst… by Hermann Hesse from The Glass Bead Game translation by Michael R. Burch Charismatic, spiritual, with the gracefulness of arabesques, our lives resemble fairies’ pirouettes, spinning gently through the nothingness to which we sacrifice our beings and the present. Whirling dreams of quintessence and loveliness, like breathing in perfect harmony, while beneath your bright surface blackness broods, longing for blood...

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Categories: hermann, birth, dance, death, dream,
Form: Free verse
Hermann Hesse translation of 'The Poet' and 'Without You'
The Poet by Hermann Hesse translation by Michael R. Burch Only upon me, the lonely one, Do this endless night’s stars shine As the fountain gurgles its faery song. For me alone, the lonely one, The shadows of vagabond clouds Float like dreams over slumbering farms. What is mine lies beyond possession: Neither manor, nor pasture, Neither forest, nor hunting permit … What is mine belongs to...

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Categories: hermann, hair, lonely, love, night,
Form: Free verse



Siddhartha translation by Michael R Burch
Siddhartha (The Buddha) by Hermann Hesse translation by Michael R. Burch In the house-shade, by the sunlit riverbank beyond the bobbing boats, in the Salwood forest’s deep shade, beneath the shade of the fig tree, that’s where Siddhartha grew up. Siddhartha, the handsomest son of the Brahman, like a young falcon, together with his friend Govinda, also the son of a Brahman. Siddhartha! The sun tanned...

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Categories: hermann, boat, father son, friend,
Form: Free verse
Hermann Hesse Translation of 'Stages' from 'The Glass Bead Game'
This is my modern English translation of the poem "Stages" by the great German poet Hermann Hesse from his novel "The Glass Bead Game." "Stages" or "Steps" by Hermann Hesse from his novel The Glass Bead Game translation by Michael R. Burch As every flower wilts and every youth must wilt and exit life from a curtained stage, so every virtue—even our...

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Categories: hermann, courage, death, flower, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Character Sketches From Hermann Hesse
Categories: hermann, books, eulogy,
Form: Free verse




Book: Reflection on the Important Things