Summer under whitewashed arches

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by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Sommer unter kalkgetünchten Bogen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Sommer unter kalkgetünchten Bogen,
Vergilbtes Korn, ein Vogel der ein und aus fliegt
Abend und die dunklen Gerüche des Grüns.
Roter Mensch, aufdämmerndem Weg, wohin?
Über einsamen Hügel, vorbei am knöchernen Haus
Über die Stufen des Walds tanzt das silberne Herz.

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Text Authorship:

by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), "Sommer", subtitle: "Abend in Lans (1. Fassung)" [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 Karl-Jürgen Kemmelmeyer (b. 1943), "Sommer", 1964 [ soprano, flute, cello, piano, percussion ], from Vier Lieder für hohen Sopran, Schlagzeug und Kammerbesetzung , no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Sommer (Abend in Lans, 1. Fassung)", 1996, first performed 1996 [ tenor and piano ], from Trakl-Lieder II : Schweigen und Kindheit, no. 1, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]

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) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2012-03-05
Line count: 6
Word count: 41

Summer under whitewashed arches

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Summer under whitewashed arches,
yellowed corn, a bird is whirring in and out.
Evening and the musky scents of green.
Red human, on a dusking way, whereto?
O’er lonely hill and past the ossuary,
o’er the belts of the forest the silver heart dances.

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Translation of title "Sommer (Abend in Lans, 1. Fassung)" = "Summer (Evening in Lans, first version)"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), "Sommer", subtitle: "Abend in Lans (1. Fassung)"
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This text was added to the website: 2016-06-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 44