by
Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)
Ihr großen Städte
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
Ihr großen Städte
Steinern aufgebaut
In der Ebene!
So sprachlos folgt
Der Heimatlose
Mit dunkler Stirne dem Wind,
Kahlen Bäumen am Hügel.
Ihr weithin dämmernden Ströme!
Gewaltig ängstet
Schaurige Abendröte
Im Sturmgewölk.
Ihr sterbenden Völker!
Bleiche Woge
Zerschellend am Strande der Nacht,
Fallende Sterne.
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Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985), "Abendland. Trakl. Mit Wucht und Größe", op. 18 no. 3 (1925-1930) [ sopranos, clarinet, strings ], from Gesang vom Tode, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Abendland III", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl (Six songs on poems of Georg Trakl)) no. 4 (1917) [ voice, clarinet, violin, and cello ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Occident III", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Jeroen Scholten
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 44
You mighty cities
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
You mighty cities
built from stone
on the plain!
Speechless with dark brow
the homeless one
follows the wind,
leafless trees by the hill.
You dusking rivers for miles around!
Tremendous the scare
by an eerie afterglow
in tempest clouds.
You dying nations!
Pale wave
breaking upon the shore of the night,
falling stars.
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Note: The title of the collection, "Abendland", could be translated "Occident"
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This text was added to the website: 2016-06-24
Line count: 15
Word count: 54