Category Archives: Translation

For use when a poem has been translated

LOVE

For Paul Klee Forever, So much forever is Forgotten and cursed for all time And so for all time obsessed With defending the weakened Are those who love, those fully resigned to love Who live only for the sake of … Continue reading

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THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – XLIX

I go inside and close the window, Take the lamp and say goodnight. And my contented voice says goodnight. I hope my life is like this all the time: With sunny days ahead, or gentle rain, Or storms as if … Continue reading

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THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – XLVIII

From the highest window in my house With a white scarf I say goodbye To my poetry as it departs to humanity. And I am not happy or sad. This is the destiny of my poetry. I wrote them and … Continue reading

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THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – XLI

In the twilight days of summer, sometimes, Even if there is no breeze anywhere, it seems, What passes, for one moment, is a light breeze … But the trees remain immobile In all the leaves of their leaves And our … Continue reading

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THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – XXXVIII

Blessed be the same sun in other lands Which makes me brother and sister with all people Because everyone, at that one moment of the day, they see like me, And after that pure moment Cleansed and susceptible They come … Continue reading

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