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1.22.2014

like flies

die menschen gleichen den fliegen
die nicht begreifen
warum sie nicht mit dem kopf
durch das glas der fensterscheibe
in das erlösende licht
gelangen können


Hans Arp


men are like flies
who can't understand
why they can't pass
their heads 
through the windowpane 
in order to bathe in the light 
of salvation

tr. Michael Tweed

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3 comments:

  1. in counterpoint to Krolow's poem

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  2. are you now reading german??? where do you find all these german poems?!
    what a mystery! :-)

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  3. it all started with the Rainer Brambach, which led me to Krolow etc. though Arp is an old love, his collected poems a cherished and well-thumbed tome.

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