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“Downfall” by Georg Trakl 🇦🇹 (3 Feb 1887 – 3 Nov 1914)
Translated from the German by Eric Plattner & Joseph Suglia
Over the white fishpond
The wild birds have been driven away.
In the evening an icy wind blows from the stars.
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Over our graves
The broken brows of the night bend across us.
Under oaks we swing on a silver boat.
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We always hear the noise from the white walls of the town.
Under the bow of thorns
O my brother we climb with blind hands towards midnight.