Passion (2009), Part 1, by Paul Hembree (Text by Georg Trakl)

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Passion (2009)
by Paul Hembree
Text by Georg Trakl
(1887 - 1914)
Part 1

January 22nd, 2010
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
University of California, San Diego

Meghann Welsh, soprano
Ariana Lamon-Anderson, clarinets
Dustin Donahue, percussion
Mark Dresser, bass
Aleck Karis, conductor

Passion, from The Collection 1909
by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)
I.
Wenn silbern Orpheus die Laute rührt,
Beklagend ein Totes im Abendgarten -
Wer bist du Ruhendes unter hohen Bäumen?
Es rauscht die Klage das herbstliche Rohr,
Der blaue Teich.
Weh, der schmalen Gestalt des Knaben,
Die purpurn erglüht,
Schmerzlicher Mutter, in blauem Mantel
Verhüllend ihre heilige Schmach.
Weh, des Geborenen, daß er stürbe,
Eh er die glühende Frucht,
Die bittere der Schuld genossen.
Wen weinst du unter dämmernden Bäumen?
Die Schwester, dunkle Liebe
Eines wilden Geschlechts,
Dem auf goldenen Rädern der Tag davonrauscht.
O, daß frömmer die Nacht käme,
Kristus.
Ein Leichnam suchest du unter grünenden Bäumen
Deine Braut,
Die silberne Rose
Schwebend über dem nächtlichen Hügel.

English Translation, by Petra Watzke
I.
When Orpheus silvery stirs the lyre,
Mourning a dead one in the evening garden -
Who are you, resting one beneath high trees?
The lament rustles, the autumnal reed,
The blue pond.
Woe the slender shape of the boy,
That glows purple
Sorrowful Mother, in blue cloak
Shrouding her holy shame.
Woe the born one, that he would die
Before enjoying the glowing fruit of guilt,
The bitter one.
Who are you mourning beneath dusking trees?
The sister, dark love
Of a wild race,
Whom the day flees on golden wheels.
Oh that the night came more piously,
Kristus.
A corpse you seek beneath greening trees
Your bride,
The silver rose
Floating over the nocturnal hill.

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