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A Faded One

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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As if she had just died: she wears —

that lightly — both her shawl and gloves.

A fragrance from her chest of drawers

has driven out the scent she loves

and knew herself by, long ago.

She asks no more who she might be

(a distant relative). As though

bemused, she wanders aimlessly,

tidying up the timorous room

she prettifies and shows such care,

just on the chance that all this time,

that same young girl's still living there.

Abendmahl

Ewiges will zu uns. Wer hat die Wahl

und trennt die großen und geringen Kräfte?

Erkennst du durch das Dämmern der Geschäfte

im klaren Hinterraum das Abendmahl:

wie sie sichs halten und wie sie sichs reichen

und in der Handlung schlicht und schwer beruhn.

Aus ihren Händen heben sich die Zeichen;

sie wissen nicht, daß sie sie tun

und immer neu mit irgendwelchen Worten

einsetzen, was man trinkt und was man teilt.

Denn da ist keiner, der nicht allerorten

heimlich von hinnen geht, indem er weilt.

Und sitzt nicht immer einer unter ihnen,

der seine Eltern, die ihm ängstlich dienen,

wegschenkt an ihre abgetane Zeit?

(Sie zu verkaufen, ist ihm schon zu weit.)

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New Poems , pp. 255 - 256
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2015

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