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The Stairs of the Orangerie

from Part I - Neue Gedichte / New Poems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2016

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Versailles

Like kings who in the end step forth for no

real reason, or to show their subjects, now

and then, how solitude's thick mantles flow

on kings’ backs, as on both sides, subjects bow:

that's how these stairs ascend — alone, and slowly

between the balustrades long bowing there;

and by the grace of God, on toward the holy

heavens, yet leading no one anywhere.

It is as if they had commanded their

whole entourage to fall back and remain,

lest any follow from afar — or dare.

Not even one, to bear the heavy train.

Der Marmor- Karren

Paris

Auf Pferde, sieben ziehende, verteilt,

verwandelt Niebewegtes sich in Schritte;

denn was hochmütig in des Marmors Mitte

an Alter, Widerstand und All verweilt,

das zeigt sich unter Menschen. Siehe, nicht

unkenntlich, unter irgend einem Namen,

nein: wie der Held das Drängen in den Dramen

erst sichtbar macht und plötzlich unterbricht:

so kommt es durch den stauenden Verlauf

des Tages, kommt in seinem ganzen Staate,

als ob ein großer Triumphator nahte

langsam zuletzt; und langsam vor ihm her

Gefangene, von seiner Schwere schwer.

Und naht noch immer und hält alles auf.

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New Poems , pp. 119 - 120
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2015

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