Going to Sleep -- Hermann Hesse

Guest poem sent in by Vaibhav Puranik

(Poem #1357) Going to Sleep Now that the day wearies me, My yearning desire, will receive more kindly, like a tired child, the starry night Hence, leave off your deeds mind, forget all thoughts; All of my forces yearn only to sink into sleep. And my soul, unguarded, would soar on widespread wings, to live in a night's magical sphere More profoundly, more variously. -- Hermann Hesse

Siddhartha is what made Mr. Hesse famous, but this poem is what endears him
to me!! I believe the original was in "Deutsch" and this is a translated
version, so there might be slightly different versions floating around.

Hesse's depiction of the drained condition (in the 1st two stanzas) is very
vivid. I usually work late, & going home at late hours; my only desire is to
get into my bed & continue the glorious things I do in my dreams...

Biography links:
1. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/hhesse.htm
2. http://www.levity.com/corduroy/hesse.htm
3. http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1946/hesse-autobio.html

Best Regards,

Vaibhav Puranik