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The Flamingos

from Part II - Der neuen Gedichte anderer Teil / The New Poems: The Other Part

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2016

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Jardin des Plantes, Paris

In Fragonard-reflections such as these,

one sees no more of true flamingo red

or white than if some messenger had said

about the image of his lover, “She's

still soft with sleep.” For when they've walked green grass,

and stood together, lightly turned on pink

stalks — blooms in flower beds — they seem to think

themselves seductive; that their charms surpass

a Phryne's … till they curl their necks to hide

pale eyes in softness all their own (inside,

there lie concealed both berry-red and black).

Then, through the bird-house: envy's sudden scream.

But they have stretched the wings that were pinned back,

and stride, alone, into the world of dream.

Persisches Heliotrop

Es könnte sein, daß dir der Rose Lob

zu laut erscheint für deine Freundin: Nimm

das schön gestickte Kraut und überstimm

mit dringend flüsterndem Heliotrop

den Bülbül, der an ihren Lieblingsplätzen

sie schreiend preist und sie nicht kennt.

Denn sieh: wie süße Worte nachts in Sätzen

beisammenstehn ganz dicht, durch nichts getrennt,

aus der Vokale wachem Violett

hindüftend durch das stille Himmelbett —:

so schließen sich vor dem gesteppten Laube

deutliche Sterne zu der seidnen Traube

und mischen, daß sie fast davon verschwimmt,

die Stille mit Vanille und mit Zimmt.

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New Poems , pp. 345 - 346
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2015

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