by
Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)
Jahr
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
Dunkle Stille der Kindheit. Unter grünenden Eschen
Weidet die Sanftmut bläulichen Blickes; goldene Ruh.
Ein Dunkles entzückt der Duft der Veilchen; schwankende Ähren
Im Abend, Samen und die goldenen Schatten der Schwermut.
Balken behaut der Zimmermann; im dämmernden Grund
Mahlt die Mühle; im Hasellaub wölbt sich ein purpurner Mund,
Männliches rot über schweigende Wasser geneigt.
Leise ist der Herbst, der Geist des Waldes; goldene Wolke
Folgt dem Einsamen, der schwarze Schatten des Enkels.
Neige in steinernem Zimmer; unter alten Zypressen
Sind der Tränen nächtige Bilder zum Quell versammelt;
Goldenes Auge des Anbeginns, dunkle Geduld des Endes.
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Année", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Year", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2011-09-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 96
Year
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Dark stillness of childhood. Under greening ash trees
the meekness grazes bluish-eyed; golden rest.
A dark shape, beguiled by the scent of violets; swaying ears of corn
in the evening, seed and the golden shadows of melancholy.
The carpenter trims the beams; in the dusking valley
the millstone grinds; a purple mouth bulges in hazel leaves,
masculine, bent red over silent waters.
Quiet is autumn, the spirit of the forest; a golden cloud
follows the lonely one; the black shadow of the grandson.
Decline in a stony chamber; under old cypress trees
the tears’ nightly images are gathered in a well;
golden eye of the beginning, dark patience of the end.
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This text was added to the website: 2017-02-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 111