Poetessa speaks..

Poète, scénariste et parolier....Scottish dilettante and poet. This blog has some of my current poems, as well as those of other poets I admire.

Sunday 18 April 2010

Ich kenne dich...


Ich kenne dich,
Du bist die tief Gebeugte,
Ich, der Durchborte, bin
Dir untertan.

Wo flammt ein Wort, das für
Uns beide zeuget?

Du – ganz, ganz wirchlich.
Ich – ganz Wahn.

by Paul Celan


I know you,
You are the one I bow to….deeply
I am pierced through, and am
Your subject.

Is there a shining word that
Can express our meaning?

You – utterly real,
I – a deluded shadow.

Translation, Rita Cummings

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