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Tanagra

from Part I - Neue Gedichte / New Poems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2016

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Summary

A bit of burnt hard clay

some great sun's burning brand

had fired — like the way

a gesture with her hand

survives a girl forever;

not reaching out, and never

leading from what's within

toward some thing on a shelf,

but touching just itself,

like a hand on the chin.

We lift one statuette

and turn it, then one more,

until we almost “get”

why they've not faded yet.

But only fated for

more wonder, deeply, dearly

we know them, holding fast.

We smile a bit more clearly

than in the year now past.

Die Erblindende

Sie saß so wie die anderen beim Tee.

Mir war zuerst, als ob sie ihre Tasse

ein wenig anders als die andern fasse.

Sie lächelte einmal. Es tat fast weh.

Und als man schließlich sich erhob und sprach

und langsam und wie es der Zufall brachte

durch viele Zimmer ging (man sprach und lachte),

da sah ich sie. Sie ging den andern nach,

verhalten, so wie eine, welche gleich

wird singen müssen und vor vielen Leuten;

auf ihren hellen Augen die sich freuten

war Licht von außen wie auf einem Teich.

Sie folgte langsam und sie brauchte lang

als wäre etwas noch nicht überstiegen;

und doch: als ob, nach einem Übergang,

sie nicht mehr gehen würde, sondern fliegen.

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New Poems , pp. 87 - 88
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2015

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