In the dark | The soul silently utters the blue springtime

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by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Im Dunkel

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Es schweigt die Seele den blauen Frühling. 
Unter feuchtem Abendgezweig 
Sank in Schauern die Stirne den Liebenden.

O das grünende Kreuz. In dunklem Gespräch 
Erkannten sich Mann und Weib. 
An kahler Mauer 
Wandelt in seinen Gestirnen der Einsame. 

Über die mondbeglänzten Wege des Walds 
Sank die Wildnis 
Vergessener Jagden; Blick der Bläue 
Aus verfallenen Felsen bricht.

Text Authorship:

by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), "Im Dunkel", appears in Sebastian im Traum, in Gesang des Abgeschiedenen [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 Hans Uwe Strübing (b. 1956), "Im Dunkel", op. 89 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 (2007), first performed 2011 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "In the dark", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Dans le noir", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2016-06-25
Line count: 11
Word count: 56

In the dark

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The soul silently utters the blue springtime. 
Under damp evening branches
the lovers’ forehead sank in shudders. 

O the blossoming cross. In dark devotion 
Man and Woman knew each other. 
Along the bleak wall
the lonely one wanders in the world of his stars. 

Over the forest paths, resplendent with the moon, 
the wilderness 
of forgotten hunts was sinking; gaze of blueness 
breaks from ruinous rocks.

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), "Im Dunkel", appears in Sebastian im Traum, in Gesang des Abgeschiedenen
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This text was added to the website: 2016-06-25
Line count: 11
Word count: 66