from Part II - Der neuen Gedichte anderer Teil / The New Poems: The Other Part
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2016
And they are quiet since the walls were breached
inside their minds. Those walls are down, and all
the hours when they had minds that might be reached
have come and gone. They rise; they fall.
Then, through the window, at the end of day,
the world will suddenly come right:
they know some solid thing on which they lay
their hands; their hearts are high and primed to pray.
Their eyes will settle on a peaceful sight:
the garden, often warped, and unexpected
in the tranquil, hushed, and restful square,
a garden which in strange worlds is reflected —
growing on and on, and always there.
Aus dem Leben eines Heiligen
Er kannte Ängste, deren Eingang schon
wie Sterben war und nicht zu überstehen.
Sein Herz erlernte, langsam durchzugehen;
er zog es groß wie einen Sohn.
Und namenlose Nöte kannte er,
finster und ohne Morgen wie Verschläge;
und seine Seele gab er folgsam her,
da sie erwachsen war, auf daß sie läge
bei ihrem Bräutigam und Herrn; und blieb
allein zurück an einem solchen Orte,
wo das Alleinsein alles übertrieb,
und wohnte weit und wollte niemals Worte.
Aber dafür, nach Zeit und Zeit, erfuhr
er auch das Glück, sich in die eignen Hände,
damit er eine Zärtlichkeit empfände,
zu legen wie die ganze Kreatur.
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