Tu es au profond minuit

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by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Du bist in tiefer Mitternacht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Du bist in tiefer Mitternacht
Ein totes Gestade an schweigendem Meer,
Ein totes Gestade: Nimmermehr!
Du bist in tiefer Mitternacht.

Du bist in tiefer Mitternacht
Der Himmel, in dem du als Stern geglüht,
Ein Himmel, aus dem kein Gott mehr blüht.
Du bist in tiefer Mitternacht.

Du bist in tiefer Mitternacht
Ein Unempfangner in süßem Schoß,
Und nie gewesen, wesenlos!
Du bist in tiefer Mitternacht.

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Text Authorship:

by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), no title, appears in Gesang zur Nacht, no. 12 [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), "Du bist in tiefer Mitternacht", 1978, first performed 1979 [low voice, flute, and harp], from Gesang zur Nacht. 12 Gesänge nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl, no. 12, 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

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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

Tu es au profond minuit

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

Tu es au profond minuit
Un rivage mort au bord d'une mer muette
Un rivage mort : plus jamais !
Tu es au profond minuit.

Tu es au profond minuit
Le ciel dans lequel tu irradie comme une étoile
Un ciel dans lequel pas un dieu ne brille plus,
Tu es au profond minuit

Tu es au profond minuit
Resté infécondé dans de douces entrailles,
Et n'as jamais  été, inexistant !
Tu es au profond minuit.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), no title, appears in Gesang zur Nacht, no. 12
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This text was added to the website: 2011-04-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 73