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Erich Fried
this site contains the german originals
& my own translations
i hope despite my incomplete english
you get the confusing depth
of Erich Fried's verses

ashes

reckless artistic nature

learning process

anxiety and doubt

earn and bear

constructive self criticism

speechless

preservation of materia

strange child

liberation from the big idols

need knows no command

of the inner freedom

abandoned room

a collector

reasons

one agitated poet's questions

the edge

what it is

  constructive self criticism

my weakness
was
my feeling
of supremacy

i've
vanquished it
now i'm
perfect



Konstruktive Selbstkritik

Meine Schwäche
war
mein Gefühl
der Überlegenheit

Das habe ich
überwunden
Jetzt bin ich
vollkommen




first published 1974
in 'Gegengift' ('Antitoxin')


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