by
Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)
Trompeten
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG ENG FRE ITA
Unter verschnittenen Weiden, wo braune Kinder spielen
und Blätter treiben, tönen Trompeten. Ein Kirchhofsschauer.
Fahnen von Scharlach stürzen durch des Ahorns Trauer,
Reiter entlang an Roggenfeldern, leeren Mühlen.
Oder Hirten singen nachts und Hirsche treten
in den Kreis ihrer Feuer, des Hains uralte Trauer.
Tanzende heben sich von einer schwarzen Mauer;
Fahnen von Scharlach, Lachen, Wahnsinn, Trompeten.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Trompeten", op. 18 (Lieder mit Klavier) no. 8 (1922) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Oliver Knussen, CBE (1952 - 2018), "Trompeten", 1975, copyright © 1978 [ soprano and three clarinets in Bb ], London, Faber [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daan Manneke (b. 1939), "Trompeten", 2009, copyright © 2009 [ chorus ], from Liturgien, no. 1, Amsterdam : Muziek Centrum Nederland [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan Stuten (1890 - 1948), "Trompeten", published 1940 [ bass-baritone and piano ], from In memoriam Georg Trakl, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Elisabeth Siekhaus) , "Trumpets", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Clarions", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Trompettes", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Trombe", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 57
Trumpets
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Under trimmed willows where brown children play,
And leaves drift, trumpets sound. A churchyard-shudder.
Scarlet banners fall through the maple tree's mourning,
Riders along rye fields, empty mills.
Or shepherds sing at night and stags step
Into the circle of their fire, the ancient mourning of the wood;
Dancing figures raise themselves before a black wall;
Banners of scarlet, laughter, madness, trumpets.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2008 by Elisabeth Siekhaus, (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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This text was added to the website: 2008-04-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 62