from Part I - Neue Gedichte / New Poems
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2016
And they, because they wanted Him to be
within them, there to rule and regulate,
had saved Him up until, eventually,
they hung upon Him, as a hindering weight
on His ascent, their great cathedrals’ heft
and mass. Over His numbers without bound,
He swept, existing being all they left
for Him to do — to point and circle round,
a clock that signaled each day's task assigned.
But then … He started work now all His own,
and frightened townsfolk (He was out of place!)
left Him because His fearful, far-flung tone
rang out and struck the hours of His mind.
They fled before the dial that was His face.
Morgue
Da liegen sie bereit, als ob es gälte,
nachträglich eine Handlung zu erfinden,
die mit einander und mit dieser Kälte
sie zu versöhnen weiß und zu verbinden;
denn das ist alles noch wie ohne Schluß.
Was für ein Name hätte in den Taschen
sich finden sollen? An dem Überdruß
um ihren Mund hat man herumgewaschen:
er ging nicht ab; er wurde nur ganz rein.
Die Bärte stehen, noch ein wenig härter,
doch ordentlicher im Geschmack der Wärter,
nur um die Gaffenden nicht anzuwidern.
Die Augen haben hinter ihren Lidern
sich umgewandt und schauen jetzt hinein.
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