
GEORG TRAKL GEDICHTE
DIE RABEN
DIE JUNGE MAGD
ROMANZE ZUR NACHT
IM ROTEN LAUBWERK VOLL GUITARREN...
MUSIK IM MIRABELL
MELANCHOLIE DES ABENDS
WINTERDÄMMERUNG
RONDEL
FRAUENSEGEN
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.
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.
Subjects

1887–1914
Drawn to images of twilight, silence, and decay, this Austrian poet became one of the most haunting voices of early modern German literature. His work is admired for its dreamlike beauty and the dark intensity it brings to themes of war, isolation, and spiritual crisis.
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