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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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Already gravid, she ascended, nearly

bereft (she thought) of solace or of hope.

The pregnant matron, proudly and austerely

knowing, met her on the slope,

aware of all that Mary need not share.

Since she was resting on her suddenly,

the heavy frau embraced with patient care,

and waited till the younger spoke: “You see,

I feel as if I were to live forever.

God fills the rich with vanities, dear friend,

almost not even looking at their clever

glitter; choosing maidens, though, He's never

rash, but fills them with life without end.

That He found me! Consider, that on my

account His fiats moved the stars. Oh, raise

Him up, my soul. Exalt the Lord on high,

for all that you can praise.”

Adam

Staunend steht er an der Kathedrale

steilem Aufstieg, nah der Fensterrose,

wie erschreckt von der Apotheose,

welche wuchs und ihn mit einem Male

niederstellte über die und die.

Und er ragt und freut sich seiner Dauer,

schlicht entschlossen; als der Ackerbauer,

der begann, und der nicht wußte, wie

aus dem fertig-vollen Garten Eden

einen Ausweg in die neue Erde

finden Gott war schwer zu überreden;

und er drohte ihm, statt zu gewähren,

immer wieder, daß er sterben werde.

Doch der Mensch bestand: sie wird gebären.

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New Poems , pp. 233 - 234
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2015

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