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“Whispered in the Afternoon” by Georg Trakl 🇦🇹 (3 Feb 1887 – 3 Nov 1914)
Translated from the German by Jim Doss & Werner Schmitt
Dying-sounds of metal;
And a white animal breaks down.
The rough songs of brown girls
Have blown away in the falling leaves.
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The forehead dreams God’s colors,
Feels the soft wings of insanity.
Shadows rotate on the hill
Fringed blackly by rot.
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Dusk full of rest and wine;
Sad guitars trickle.
And as if in a dream
You turn to the calm lamp within.