Dans le noir | L'âme réduit au silence le bleu printemps

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by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Im Dunkel

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Es schweigt die Seele den blauen Frühling. 
Unter feuchtem Abendgezweig 
Sank in Schauern die Stirne den Liebenden.

O das grünende Kreuz. In dunklem Gespräch 
Erkannten sich Mann und Weib. 
An kahler Mauer 
Wandelt in seinen Gestirnen der Einsame. 

Über die mondbeglänzten Wege des Walds 
Sank die Wildnis 
Vergessener Jagden; Blick der Bläue 
Aus verfallenen Felsen bricht.

Text Authorship:

by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), "Im Dunkel", appears in Sebastian im Traum, in Gesang des Abgeschiedenen [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 Hans Uwe Strübing (b. 1956), "Im Dunkel", op. 89 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 (2007), first performed 2011 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "In the dark", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Dans le noir", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2016-06-25
Line count: 11
Word count: 56

Dans le noir

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

L'âme réduit au silence le bleu printemps.
Sous les branchages humides du soir
Le front des amants se baisse en frissonnant.

Ô la croix verdissante. En de sombres entretiens
Hommes et femmes se reconnurent.
Le long d'un mur nu
Le solitaire chemine dans ses astres.

Sur le chemin de la forêt où miroite la lune
Disparut la vie sauvage
Des chasses oubliées ; la vue de l'azur
Déferle de rochers écroulés.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2019 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), "Im Dunkel", appears in Sebastian im Traum, in Gesang des Abgeschiedenen
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This text was added to the website: 2019-04-18
Line count: 11
Word count: 70