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Ein sanftes Glockenspiel tönt in Elis' Brust Am Abend, Da sein Haupt ins schwarze Kissen sinkt. Ein blaues Wild Blutet leise im Dornengestrüpp. Ein brauner Baum steht abgeschieden da; Seine blauen Früchte fielen von ihm. Zeichen und Sterne Versinken leise im Abendweiher. Hinter dem Hügel ist es Winter geworden. Blaue Tauben Trinken nachts den eisigen Schweiß, Der von Elis' kristallener Stirne rinnt. Immer tönt An schwarzen Mauern Gottes einsamer Wind.
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Confirmed with Deutsche Lyrik seit Liliencron, herausgegeben von Hans Bethge, Leipzig: Hesse & Becker Verlag, 1921, p 255.
Text Authorship:
- by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), no title, appears in Sebastian im Traum, in Sebastian im Traum, in Elis, no. 2 [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 Jacques G. Goosen (b. 1952), "Elis 2", 1976, from Georg-Trakl-Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Elis 2", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Laura Stanfield Prichard [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-15
Line count: 15
Word count: 70
A gentle glockenspiel rings in Elis' breast in the evening, when his head sinks into the black pillow. A blue deer softly bleeds in the thorn bush. A brown tree stands there in isolation; its blue fruits have fallen from it. Signs and stars silently sink in the evening pond. Beyond the hill it has turned winter. At night blue doves drink the icy sweat that runs from Elis' crystal brow. Forever God's lonely wind wails along black walls.
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Translation of title "Elis 2" = "Elis 2"Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2018 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), no title, appears in Sebastian im Traum, in Sebastian im Traum, in Elis, no. 2
This text was added to the website: 2018-11-20
Line count: 15
Word count: 79