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The Sisters

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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Summary

Look how identical potentials show

so differently, not even half akin —

like seeing different ages as they go

through matching rooms, each one a twin.

One sister thinks that she props up the other,

although each leans on weary each. And they

can never be of use to one another,

for blood on blood is what they lay.

When gently touching, as in days now fled,

while going down some lane, it is their aim

to feel that they are leading and are led.

Oh, then the way they walk is not the same.

Übung am Klavier

Der Sommer summt. Der Nachmittag macht müde;

sie atmete verwirrt ihr frisches Kleid

und legte in die triftige Etüde

die Ungeduld nach einer Wirklichkeit,

die kommen konnte: morgen, heute abend —,

die vielleicht da war, die man nur verbarg;

und vor den Fenstern, hoch und alles habend,

empfand sie plötzlich den verwöhnten Park.

Da brach sie ab; schaute hinaus, verschränkte

die Hände; wünschte sich ein langes Buch

und schob auf einmal den Jasmingeruch

erzürnt zurück. Sie fand, daß er sie kränkte.

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New Poems , pp. 321 - 322
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2015

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