Elis 2 | Un dolce canto di campane suona nel petto di Elis

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by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Ein sanftes Glockenspiel tönt in Elis'...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

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

Elis 2

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

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Un dolce canto di campane suona nel petto di Elis
A sera,
quando affonda il capo in un nero cuscino.
 
Un azzurro animale
Perde lentamente sangue nel roveto.
 
Un albero nero cresce là, solitario;
sono tutti caduti i suoi frutti azzurri.
 
Apparizioni e stelle
Affondano lente nello stagno serale.
 
Già si è fatto inverno, dietro le colline.
 
Azzurre colombe
A notte, bevono il sudore gelato
Che cola ad Elis dalla fronte di cristallo
 
Suona perenne,
Su nere mura, il vento solitario di Dio.

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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
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-15
Line count: 15
Word count: 83