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by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)

Abendland II
 (Sung text for setting by A. Webern)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
So leise sind die grünen Wälder 
Unsrer Heimat,
Die kristallne Woge
Hinsterbend an verfallner Mauer
Und wir haben im Schlaf geweint;
Wandern mit zögernden Schritten
An der dornigen Hecke hin
Singende im Abendsommer,
In heiliger Ruh
Des fern verstrahlenden Weinbergs;
Schatten nun im kühlen Schoß
Der Nacht, trauernde Adler.
So leise schließt ein mondener Strahl
Die purpurnen Male der Schwermut.

Composition:

    Set to music by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Abendland II", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl (Six songs on poems of Georg Trakl)) no. 3 (1919) [ voice, clarinet, violin, and cello ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), no title, appears in Sebastian im Traum, in Gesang des Abgeschiedenen, in Abendland, no. 2

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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 II", 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: 14
Word count: 60

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