L'obscurité m'éteignit en silence

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by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Das Dunkel löschte mich schweigend aus

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Das Dunkel löschte mich schweigend aus,
Ich ward ein toter Schatten im Tag -
Da trat ich aus der Freunde Haus
In die Nacht hinaus.

Nun wohnt ein Schweigen im Herzen mir,
Das fühlt nicht nach den öden Tag -
Und lächelt wie Dornen auf zu dir,
Nacht - für und für!

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Text Authorship:

by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), no title, appears in Gesang zur Nacht, no. 8 [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), "Das Dunkel löschte mich schweigend aus", 1978, first performed 1979 [low voice, flute, and harp], from Gesang zur Nacht. 12 Gesänge nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl, no. 8, self published: Edition 43 [
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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

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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 49

L'obscurité m'éteignit en silence

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

L'obscurité m'éteignit en silence,
Je devins une ombre morte dans le jour,
Alors je sortis de la maison de la joie,
Dans la nuit, dehors.

Maintenant un silence habite en mon cœur,
Qui ne ressent pas le désert du jour,
Et qui te sourit comme une épine,
Nuit , pour toujours, toujours !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), no title, appears in Gesang zur Nacht, no. 8
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This text was added to the website: 2011-04-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 52