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Mond, als träte ein Totes Aus blauer Höhle, Und es fallen der Blüten Viele über den Felsenpfad. Silbern weint ein Krankes Am Abendweiher, Auf schwarzem Kahn Hinüberstarben Liebende. Oder es läuten die Schritte Elis' durch den Hain Den Hyazinthenen Wieder verhallend unter Eichen. O des Knaben Gestalt Geformt aus kristallenen Tränen, Nächtigen Schatten. Zackige Blitze erhellen die Schläfe Die immerkühle, Wenn am grünenden Hügel Frülingsgewitter ertönt.
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Text Authorship:
- by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), no title, appears in Sebastian im Traum, in Gesang des Abgeschiedenen, in Abendland, no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Cesar Bresgen (1913 - 1988), "Abendland", 1972 [ alto and piano ], from Drei Lieder für Altstimme und Klavier, nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Abendland I", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl (Six songs on poems of Georg Trakl)) no. 2 (1919) [ voice, clarinet, violin, and cello ]
Score: IMSLP [external link] [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 I", 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: 19
Word count: 66
Moon, as if a dead being emerged from a blue cave. Scores of blossoms fall upon the rocky path. Silverly a sick creature weeps by the evening pond. On a black boat, crossing over, lovers died. Or Elis’ steps ring through the grove, the hyacinthine, again fading away under oaks. O - the boy's form made of crystalline tears, shadows of night. Jagged lightning illumes his temple, ever cool, when o’er the greening hill spring thunderstorms resound.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), no title, appears in Sebastian im Traum, in Gesang des Abgeschiedenen, in Abendland, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2016-06-24
Line count: 19
Word count: 76