<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=395709" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Downfall</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Downfall</div><div style="margin:10px 0">(To Karl Borromaeus Heinrich)</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Over the white pond<br>the savage birds draw away.<br>At twilight an icier wind blows about our star.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The split forehead of night bends<br>across our graves.<br>Under oaks we shudder on a silver barge.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Forever ring the whitewashed walls of the city.<br>Under a dome of thorns<br>O my brother we climb—blind hour hands to midnight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Translated by Eric Plattner & Joseph Suglia</div><div style="margin:10px 0">……………………………………………………………………</div><div style="margin:10px 0">U ntergang</div><div style="margin:10px 0">(An Karl Borromaeus Heinrich)</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Über den weißen Weiher<br>Sind die wilden Vögel fortgezogen.<br>Am Abend weht von unseren Sternen ein eisiger Wind.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Über unsere Gräber<br>Beugt sich die zerbrochene Stirne der Nacht.<br>Unter Eichen schaukeln wir auf einem silbernen Kahn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Immer klingen die weißen Mauern der Stadt.<br>Unter Dornenbogen<br>O mein Bruder klimmen wir blinde Zeiger gen Mitternacht.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Georg+Trakl">Georg Trakl</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=395709" data-title="Downfall de Georg Trakl" data-description="Downfall (To Karl Borromaeus Heinrich) Over the white pond the savage birds draw away. At twilight an icier wind blows about our star. The split forehead of night bends across our graves. Under oaks we shudder on a silver barge. Forever ring t..."></div> </div> </div>

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