Evening in Lans | Wandering through a gloaming summer

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by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Abend in Lans

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

Wanderschaft durch dämmernden Sommer
An Bündeln vergilbten Korns vorbei. Unter getünchten Bogen,
Wo die Schwalbe aus und ein flog, tranken wir feurigen Wein.

Schön: o Schwermut und purpurnes Lachen.
Abend und die dunklen Düfte des Grüns
Kühlen mit Schauern die glühende Stirne uns.

Silberne Wasser rinnen über die Stufen des Walds,
Die Nacht und sprachlos ein vergessenes Leben.
Freund; die belaubten Stege ins Dorf.

Note: this is the second version of the poem (2. Fassung)

Text Authorship:

by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), "Abend in Lans", appears in Sebastian im Traum, in Sebastian im Traum [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 Jan Stuten (1890 - 1948), "Abend in Lans", published 1936? [low voice and chamber orchestra or piano], from Die vier Jahreszeiten, no. 1. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Sera a Lans", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Le soir à Lans", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Evening in Lans", copyright © 2016, (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: 9
Word count: 64

Evening in Lans

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Wandering through a gloaming summer
past sheaves of yellowèd corn. Beneath limewashed arches,
where the swallow flew in and out, we drank fiery wine.

Splendid: o sadness and crimson laughter.
Ev’ning and the somber scents of the green
cool down with wafts our foreheads, aglow.

Silvery waters trickle over the steps of the wood,
the night and speechless a life, unremembered.
Friend; the leafy paths to the village.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 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), "Abend in Lans", appears in Sebastian im Traum, in Sebastian im Traum
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This text was added to the website: 2016-06-20
Line count: 9
Word count: 68