Mélancolie | Ombres bleutées. Ô vous, yeux noirs

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by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Melancholie

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

Bläuliche Schatten. O ihr dunklen Augen,
Die lang mich anschaun im Vorübergleiten.
Gitarrenklänge sanft den Herbst begleiten
Im Garten, aufgelöst in braunen Laugen.
Des Todes ernste Düsternis bereiten
Nymphische Hände, an roten Brüsten saugen
Verfallne Lippen und in schwarzen Laugen
Des Sonnen Jünglings feuchte Locken gleiten.

Text Authorship:

by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), "Melancholie", appears in Gedichte 1909 -1913 [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 François Glorieux , "Melancholie", published 1967, from Traklgedichte, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Melancholy", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mélancolie", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Melanconia", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-02-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 46

Mélancolie

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

Ombres bleutées. Ô vous, yeux noirs
Qui longtemps m'ont regardé en un passé glissant.
Des accords de guitare accompagnent doucement l'automne
Dans le jardin, dissout dans une brune saumure.
Des mains de nymphe préparent
La grave obscurité de la mort, des lèvres déliquescentes
Tètent des seins rouges et dans une brune saumure
Glissent les boucles humides du soleil adolescent.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 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), "Melancholie", appears in Gedichte 1909 -1913
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This text was added to the website: 2010-05-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 59