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The Death of the Beloved

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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He knew of death no more than all men know:

it thrusts us into silence. But when she

was taken — no, it was no violent blow,

but soft, till she was what he could not see —

she drifted into shadows — shades unknown.

And when he sensed that over there now, they

possessed her young girl's smile (so like a moon);

that they now had her kindly way,

then then the dead, as if through her, became

so intimate they were like kin — like brothers —

near and wholly dear. He let those others

talk, but not believing, gave the name

of Well-Placed to that land — of Ever-Sweet —

and sought her in the traces of her feet.

Klage um Jonathan

Ach sind auch Könige nicht von Bestand

und dürfen hingehn wie gemeine Dinge,

obwohl ihr Druck wie der der Siegelringe

sich widerbildet in das weiche Land.

Wie aber konntest du, so angefangen

mit deines Herzens Initial,

aufhören plötzlich: Wärme meiner Wangen.

O daß dich einer noch einmal

erzeugte, wenn sein Samen in ihm glänzt.

Irgend ein Fremder sollte dich zerstören,

und der dir innig war, ist nichts dabei

und muß sich halten und die Botschaft hören;

wie wunde Tiere auf den Lagern löhren,

möcht ich mich legen mit Geschrei:

denn da und da, an meinen scheusten Orten,

bist du mir ausgerissen wie das Haar,

das in den Achselhöhlen wachst und dorten,

wo ich ein Spiel für Frauen war,

bevor du meine dort verfitzten Sinne

aufsträhntest wie man einen Knaul entflicht;

da sah ich auf und wurde deiner inne: —

Jetzt aber gehst du mir aus dem Gesicht.

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New Poems , pp. 185 - 186
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2015

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