Entrance | World of forms, I bid you a long farewell!

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by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Eingang

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Welt der gestalten lang lebewohl ! . .
Öffne dich wald voll schlohweisser stämme!
Oben im blau nur tragen die kämme
Laubwerk und früchte: gold karneol.

Mitten beginnt beim marmornen male
Langsame quelle blumige spiele ·
Rinnt aus der wölbung sachte als fiele
Korn um korn auf silberne schale.

Schauernde kühle schliesset einen ring ·
Dämmer der frühe wölkt in den kronen ·
Ahnendes schweigen bannt die hier wohnen . . .
Traumfittich rausche! Traumharfe kling!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• A. Webern

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Confirmed with Stefan George, Werke. Ausgabe in Zwei Bänden, Erster Band, 4. Auflage, Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 1984, page 294

Text Authorship:

by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), "Eingang", appears in Der siebente Ring, in Traumdunkel, 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 Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Eingang", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Stefan George) no. 1 (1908-9) [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Entrance", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Entrée", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Hubert Schmid , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 75

Entrance

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

World of forms, I bid you a long farewell! . .
Open yourself, forest full of snow-white tree-trunks!
Only above in the blue the ridges bear
Foliage and fruits: of golden carnelian hue.

In the middle by the marble monument
The slow founts begin their flowery play ·
Water runs gently from the arch as if
Wheat grain upon wheat grain were falling onto a silver basin.

Shuddering coolness forms a circle ·
Twilight of morning beclouds the tree-tops ·
Portending silence enchants those who live here . . . 
Roar, dream-pinions! Resound, dream-harp!

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Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), "Eingang", appears in Der siebente Ring, in Traumdunkel, no. 1
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This text was added to the website: 2017-08-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 94