I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods.

- Georg Trakl

The near stillness recalls what is forgotten, extinct angels.

- Georg Trakl

When we are thirsty, we drink the white waters of the pool, the sweetness of our mournful childhood.

- Georg Trakl

The blue of my eyes is extinguished in this night, the red gold of my heart.

- Georg Trakl

For whoever is lonely there is a tavern.

- Georg Trakl

The guilt of newborns is immense.

- Georg Trakl

Earlier lives drift by on silver soles, and the shadows of the damned descend into these sighing waters.

- Georg Trakl

Shuddering under the autumn stars, each year, the head sinks lower and lower.

- Georg Trakl

Black frost. The ground is hard, the air tastes bitter. Your stars cluster in evil signs.

- Georg Trakl

Silently, God opens his golden eyes over the place of skulls.

- Georg Trakl