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by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Gesang des Abgeschiedenen

(Sung text for setting by J. Stuten)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

 ... 

Und es leuchtet ein Lämpchen, das Gute, in seinem Herzen
Und der Frieden des Mahls; denn geheiligt ist Brot und Wein
Von Gottes Händen, und es schaut aus nächtigen Augen
Stille dich der Bruder an, daß er ruhe von dorniger Wanderschaft.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 3 of the original text.

Composition:

Jan Stuten

In memoriam Georg Trakl

Text Authorship:

by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), "Gesang des Abgeschiedenen", appears in Sebastian im Traum, in Gesang des Abgeschiedenen, An Karl Borromaeus Heinrich

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ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "The hermit's song", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chant du séparé", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Canto del solitario", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2007-07-29
Line count: 19
Word count: 170

The hermit's song

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Stuten)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 ... 

There's a shine of a small light, the goodness within his heart
and the peace of the meal; for hallowed are bread and wine
by the hands of God, and with the eyes of night the brother
quiescently looks at you, that he may rest from thorny wanderings.
O the dwelling in the enlivened blueness of night.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 3 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2010 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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), "Gesang des Abgeschiedenen", appears in Sebastian im Traum, in Gesang des Abgeschiedenen, An Karl Borromaeus Heinrich
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This text was added to the website: 2010-06-14
Line count: 19
Word count: 186