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by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)

Vom Schatten eines Hauchs geboren
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Vom Schatten eines Hauchs geboren
Wir wandeln in Verlassenheit
Und sind im Ewigen verloren,
Gleich Opfern unwissend, wozu sie geweiht.

Gleich Bettlern ist uns nichts zu eigen,
Uns Toren am verschloßnen Tor.
Wie Blinde lauschen wir ins Schweigen,
In dem sich unser Flüstern verlor.

Wir sind die Wandrer ohne Ziele,
Die Wolken, die der Wind verweht,
Die Blumen, zitternd in Todeskühle,
Die warten, bis man sie niedermäht.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), no title, appears in Gesang zur Nacht, no. 1 [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 Ernst Ludwig Leitner (b. 1943), "Vom Schatten eines Hauchs geboren", 1978, first performed 1979 [low voice, flute, and harp], from Gesang zur Nacht. 12 Gesänge nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl, no. 1, self published: Edition 43 [
     text not verified 
    ]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-10-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 67

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