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Erinnerung, begrabene Hoffnung Bewahrt dies braune Gebälk Darüber Georginen hangen, Immer stillere Heimkehr, Der verfallne Garten [dunklen]1 Abglanz [Kindlicher]2 Jahre, Daß von blauen Lidern [Tränen]3 stürzen [Unaufhaltsam; Hinüberschimmern der Schwermut Kristallne Minuten Zur Nacht.]4
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1 Trakl's first version: "den dunklen"
2 first version: "Vergangener"; second version: "Vergangner"
3 first version: "die Tränen"
4 first version: "Dem Fremdling unaufhaltsam." ; second version:
Unaufhaltsam. O Geliebtes! Schon tropft vom rostigen Ahorn Laub, hinüberschimmern der Schwermut Kristallne Minuten Zur Nacht.
Authorship:
- by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), "Herbstliche Heimkehr" [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 Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Herbstliche Heimkehr (1. Fassung)", 1996, first performed 1996 [tenor and piano], from Trakl-Lieder II : Schweigen und Kindheit, no. 4, Mainz, Schott [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Steffen Schleiermacher (b. 1960), "Herbstliche Heimkehr", 1984/5 [chorus a cappella], from Vier Chöre nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl, no. 2, Deutscher Verlag für Musik [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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) , "Retour automnal", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-29
Line count: 11
Word count: 34
Remembrance, buried hope is preserved by these brown beams over which Dahlias trail. Ever calmer homecoming, the abandoned garden, dark reflection of childhood years, that tears fall from blue lids [unstoppably; melancholy’s crystal minutes blink over to the night.]1
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"Herbstliche Heimkehr (1. Fassung)" = "Autumnal homecoming (first version)"
"Herbstliche Heimkehr" = "Autumnal homecoming"
Unstoppably. O beloved! Already leaves are dropping from the rusty maple, melancholy’s crystal minutes blink over to the night.
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.
Bertram Kottmann. Contact: BKottmann (AT) t-online.de
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), "Herbstliche Heimkehr"
This text was added to the website: 2016-06-26
Line count: 11
Word count: 39