Poems is a collection of 31 poems written by the German author Hermann Hesse between 1899 and 1921. They were selected and translated to English by James Wright in 1970 from Die Gedichte, which was published in German in 1953. This collection was first published in 1971.
Contents
Contents
Each translated poem in this volume appears alongside the original German text. The poems, and the year they were written, are:
"I Know, You Walk" / "Ich weiß, du gehst" (1899)
"Across the Fields ..." / "Über die Felder ..." (1902)
"Elizabeth" / "Elisabeth" (1902)
"Ravenna (1)" / "Ravenna (1)" (1902)
"Ravenna (2)" / "Ravenna (2)" (1902)
"Lonesome Night" / "Einsame Nacht" (1902)
"A Swarm of Gnats" / "Mückenschwarm" (1911)
"The Poet" / "Der Dichter" (1911)
"Mountains at Night" / "Berge in der Nacht" (1911)
"At Night on the High Seas" / "Bei Nacht" (1911)