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The Woman Going Blind

from Part I - Neue Gedichte / New Poems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2016

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She sat there like the others at their tea.

At first, it seemed to me she raised her cup

not quite the way the others held theirs up.

She smiled — an almost painful thing to see.

And when at last they rose from tea, and spoke,

and walked off languidly, at random through

the many rooms, still laughing at some joke,

or talking, there she was: she walked a few

steps back, a bit reserved, like someone who'll

be singing soon before a packed salon.

From out-of-doors, light came to settle on

her joyful eyes as if upon a pool.

She followed slowly, with some hesitation,

as if an obstacle remained to try

her, yet as if — after a transformation —

she knew she would no longer walk, but fly.

In einem fremden Park

Borgeby-Gård

Zwei Wege sinds. Sie führen keinen hin.

Doch manchmal, in Gedanken, läßt der eine

dich weitergehn. Es ist, als gingst du fehl;

aber auf einmal bist du im Rondel

alleingelassen wieder mit dem Steine

und wieder auf ihm lesend: Freiherrin

Brite Sophie — und wieder mit dem Finger

abfühlend die zerfallne Jahreszahl —.

Warum wird dieses Finden nicht geringer?

Was zögerst du ganz wie zum ersten Mal

erwartungsvoll auf diesem Ulmenplatz,

der feucht und dunkel ist und niebetreten?

Und was verlockt dich für ein Gegensatz,

etwas zu suchen in den sonnigen Beeten,

als wärs der Name eines Rosenstocks?

Was stehst du oft? Was hören deine Ohren?

Und warum siehst du schließlich, wie verloren,

die Falter flimmern um den hohen Phlox.

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New Poems , pp. 89 - 90
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2015

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