German poetry is going in a very different direction from French poetry.... Its language has become more sober, more factual. It distrusts "beauty." It tries to be truthful.
Death is a master from Germany. - Paul Celan
Death is a master from Germany.
- Paul Celan
Only one thing remained reachable, close and secure amid all losses: language. Yes, language. In spite of everything, it remained secure against loss. - Paul Celan
Only one thing remained reachable, close and secure amid all losses: language. Yes, language. In spite of everything, it remained secure against loss.
A nothing we were, are, shall remain, flowering: the nothing--, the no one's rose. - Paul Celan
A nothing we were, are, shall remain, flowering: the nothing--, the no one's rose.
The heart hid still in the dark, hard as the Philosophers Stone. - Paul Celan
The heart hid still in the dark, hard as the Philosophers Stone.
Reality is not simply there, it does not simply exist: it must be sought out and won. - Paul Celan
Reality is not simply there, it does not simply exist: it must be sought out and won.
Read! Read all the time, the understanding will come by itself. - Paul Celan
Read! Read all the time, the understanding will come by itself.
who is invisible enough to see you - Paul Celan
who is invisible enough to see you
Spring: trees flying up to their birds - Paul Celan
Spring: trees flying up to their birds
He speaks truly who speaks the shade. - Paul Celan
He speaks truly who speaks the shade.
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