Hesse Poems - Poems about Hesse

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

Master Raj: (Frowning slightly) Ms. Devi, this quote about books by Hesse is a bit confusing. It says they can't bring happiness, but then talks about a path to the heart. Ms. Devi: (Chuckles) A good...Read the rest...

Short-lived was Eva Hesse with hand-made art no less Bindings&string & rope her usp motif trope...Read the rest...

As ev’ry flower wilts and ev’ry youngster 11 Must age, so manifests each stage of living, 11 All wisdom blossoms too and ev’ry virtue 11 Enjoys its time, and cannot last forever. 11 At ev’ry call of life, the heart of man should, 11 (Without...Read the rest...

As every blossom wilts and every youth Yields to old age so manifests every stage of life, All wisdom and every virtue Has its time, and cannot last forever. At every call of life, the heart, Wrapped in bravery and...Read the rest...

Brian’s Poet of Note – ‘Herman Hesse’ Week 2 This week I thought I would discuss translating poetry from another language. I just finished retranslating from German this poem ‘Stufen’ from Hesse’s famous novel ‘The Glass...Read the rest...

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