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.

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