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The Square

from Part I - Neue Gedichte / New Poems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2016

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Summary

Furnes

Long since capriciously distended by

the rage and almost riot that can be

the complement to those condemned to die;

by booths; and by the market-crier's plea;

and by the Duke who rides through, mounted high;

and by the pride of Burgundy

(the constant ground to all they see):

the square stands ready, as its breadth invites

the distant windows to its open spaces,

while escorts and attendants at the rites

of emptiness still slowly take their places

where merchants trade. From gables way up high,

the little houses try to see it all,

ignoring, though, the towers, which are not shy,

and loom behind, as brooding as they're tall.

Quai du Rosaire

Brügge

Die Gassen haben einen sachten Gang

(wie manchmal Menschen gehen im Genesen

nachdenkend: was ist früher hier gewesen?)

und die an Plätze kommen, warten lang

auf eine andre, die mit einem Schritt

über das abendklare Wasser tritt,

darin, je mehr sich rings die Dinge mildern,

die eingehängte Welt von Spiegelbildern

so wirklich wird wie diese Dinge nie.

Verging nicht diese Stadt? Nun siehst du, wie

(nach einem unbegreiflichen Gesetz)

sie wach und deutlich wird im Umgestellten,

als wäre dort das Leben nicht so selten;

dort hängen jetzt die Gärten groß und gelten,

dort dreht sich plötzlich hinter schnell erhellten

Fenstern der Tanz in den Estaminets.

Und oben blieb? — Die Stille nur, ich glaube,

und kostet langsam und von nichts gedrängt

Beere um Beere aus der süßen Traube

des Glockenspiels, das in den Himmeln hängt.

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New Poems , pp. 133 - 134
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2015

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