To Novalis | In dark earth the holy stranger rests

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by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

An Novalis

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

In dunkler Erde ruht der heilige Fremdling.
Es nahm von sanftem Munde ihm die Klage der Gott,
Da er in seiner Blüte hinsank.
Eine blaue Blume
Fortlebt sein Lied im nächtlichen Haus der Schmerzen.

Text Authorship:

by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), "An Novalis", subtitle: "2. Fassung (a)" [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 Maria Bach (1896 - 1978), "An Novalis", 1940 [ soprano and piano ], Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Wilhelm Killmayer.

Go to the text. [ view differences ] ENG FRE

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

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "To Novalis", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À Novalis", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2016-06-20
Line count: 5
Word count: 34

To Novalis

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

In dark earth the holy stranger rests. 
From his soft mouth the lament was taken by the God,
when he sank in the prime of his life. 
In a blue flower 
his song lives on in the nocturnal house of pain.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2018 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), "An Novalis", subtitle: "2. Fassung (a)"
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This text was added to the website: 2018-12-05
Line count: 5
Word count: 41