Along | The corn and the grapes are gathered

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by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Entlang

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): ENG

Geschnitten sind Korn und Traube,
Der Weiler in Herbst und Ruh.
Hammer und Amboß klingt immerzu,
Lachen in purpurner Laube.

Astern von dunklen Zäunen
Bring dem weißen Kind.
Sag wie lang wir gestorben sind;
Sonne will schwarz erscheinen.

Rotes Fischlein im Weiher;
Stirn, die sich fürchtig belauscht;
Abendwind leise ans Fenster rauscht,
Blaues Orgelgeleier.

Stern und heimlich Gefunkel
Läßt noch einmal aufschaun.
Erscheinung der Mutter in Schmerz und Graun;
Schwarze Reseden im Dunkel.

Confirmed with Georg Trakl, Das dichterische Werk, München, 1972, page 60.

Authorship:

by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), "Entlang", appears in Sebastian im Traum, in Der Herbst des Einsamen [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 Theodor W. Adorno (1903 - 1969), "Entlang", op. 5 no. 4 [ voice and piano ], from Klage : Sechs Gedichte von Georg Trakl für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Heimo Erbse (1924 - 2005), "Entlang", op. 27 no. 3, published 1971 [ baritone and orchestra ], from Fünf Orchestergesänge nach Georg Trakl für Bariton und Orchester, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Along", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2020-04-22
Line count: 16
Word count: 73

Along

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The corn and the grapes are gathered,
the hamlet in autumn’s rest.
Hammer and anvil clang without rest,
laughter in purple red arbor.

Asters fetch from dark fences
for the white-faced child.
Say how long we’ve been dead for now:
sun wants to manifest black.

Little red fish in the pond;
brow timidly overhears itself; 
ev’ning wind brushes the window pane,
blue sounds an organ, droning.

Star and familiar twinkling
makes you look up once more.
Eidolon of mother in pain and dread;
black mignonettes in the darkness.

Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2020 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), "Entlang", appears in Sebastian im Traum, in Der Herbst des Einsamen

This text was added to the website: 2020-08-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 88