Paul Celan Earth Poems
- 1. There Was Earth
There was Earth in them, and
they dug.
They dug and they dug, and so
... - 2. Psalm
No-man kneads us again out of Earth and Loam,
no-man spirits our Dust.
No-man.
... - 3. Fugue Of Death
Black milk of daybreak we drink it at nightfall
we drink it at noon in the morning we drink it at night
we drink it and drink it
we are digging a grave in the sky it is ample to lie there
... - 4. O Little Root Of A Dream
0 little root of a dream
you hold me here
undermined by blood,
no longer visible to anyone,
... - 5. Landscape
tall poplars -- human beings of this earth!
black pounds of happiness -- you mirror them to death!
I saw you, sister, stand in that effulgence.
... - 6. Death Fugue
Black milk of daybreak we drink it at sundown
we drink it at noon in the morning we drink it at night
we drink it and drink it
we dig a grave in the breezes there one lies unconfined
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