O let my silence be your song!

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by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

O laß mein Schweigen sein dein Lied!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

O laß mein Schweigen sein dein Lied!
Was soll des Armen Flüstern dir,
Der aus des Lebens Gärten schied?
Laß namenlos dich sein in mir -

Die traumlos in mir aufgebaut,
Wie eine Glocke ohne Ton,
Wie meiner Schmerzen süße Braut
Und meiner Schlafe trunkner Mohn.

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Text Authorship:

by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), no title, appears in Gesang zur Nacht, no. 6 [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 Ernst Ludwig Leitner (b. 1943), "O laß mein Schweigen sein", 1978, first performed 1979 [ low voice, flute, and harp ], from Gesang zur Nacht. 12 Gesänge nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl, no. 6, self published: Edition 43 [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 © 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: 8
Word count: 45

O let my silence be your song!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

O let my silence be your song! 
What should the poor man’s whisper be for you, 
he who has parted from life’s gardens? 
Let you abide in me unnamed -
 
who dreamlessly exists in me, 
such as a bell without a tone, 
such as my sorrow’s lovely bride 
and the drunk poppy of my sleeps.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), no title, appears in Gesang zur Nacht, no. 6
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This text was added to the website: 2016-10-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 54