Gedichte

audiobook

Gedichte

by Georg Trakl

DE·~47 minutes·50 chapters

Chapters

50 total

GEORG TRAKL GEDICHTE

0:06

DIE RABEN

0:31

DIE JUNGE MAGD

2:43

ROMANZE ZUR NACHT

0:46

IM ROTEN LAUBWERK VOLL GUITARREN...

0:37

MUSIK IM MIRABELL

0:39

MELANCHOLIE DES ABENDS

0:42

WINTERDÄMMERUNG

0:33

RONDEL

0:12

FRAUENSEGEN

0:26

Description

A stark, lyrical landscape unfolds through vivid, often unsettling images that linger long after the verse ends. Black crows scream across a sun‑lit sky, their shadows brushing a lone deer, while a young maid drifts between the muted hum of a well and the flickering light of a dim hallway. The poems blend the everyday—farmstead, forge, quiet garden—with a haunting undercurrent of decay, longing, and fleeting moments of fragile beauty.

The collection moves through night and day, from the chill of midnight to the amber glow of a sunrise, each scene rendered in terse, impressionistic language that feels both ancient and immediate. Whispered sounds—a distant crow, a hammer’s clang, a nightbird’s song—rise and fall like a low‑key soundtrack, drawing listeners into a world where the ordinary teeters on the edge of the uncanny. This is an invitation to wander a dream‑like terrain where every line reverberates with quiet intensity.

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Language

de

Duration

~47 minutes (45K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Jens Sadowski

Release date

2012-07-13

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Georg Trakl

Georg Trakl

1887–1914

A major voice in Austrian Expressionism, this poet wrote haunting, dreamlike verse shaped by inner turmoil and the shadow of war. Though he died at just 27, his dark, musical poems left a lasting mark on modern German-language literature.

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