In the Spring

Georg Trakl 1887 (Salzburg) – 1914 (Kraków)



In the Spring

Your black footsteps whisper into the snow.
In the shadows of trees
your rosy eyelids flutter out of love.

Forever follow the dark calls of the mariner,
the night and the stars.
And the oars pulse faintly.

Before long the violets bloom
by the crumbling wall.
The temple of the deserted corrodes in their silence.

Translated by Eric Plattner

…………………………………………………………………

 Im Frühling

Leise sank von dunklen Schritten der Schnee,
Im Schatten des Baums
Heben die rosigen Lider Liebende.

Immer folgt den dunklen Rufen der Schiffer
Stern und Nacht;
Und die Ruder schlagen leise im Takt.

Balde an verfallener Mauer blühen
Die Veilchen,
Ergrünt so stille die Schläfe des Einsamen.  

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X ABX CXD XXX C DBE CEE XAA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 726
Words 114
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 3, 3, 1, 3, 3, 3

Georg Trakl

Georg Trakl was an Austrian poet. He is considered one of the most important Austrian Expressionists. more…

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