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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

  speechless

why are you writing
as yet
verses
though you're reaching
with this method
always just
minorities

friends keep asking me
impatiently because
they're reaching with their methods
always just
minorities

and i don't know
a response
for them



Sprachlos

Warum schreibst du
noch immer
Gedichte
obwohl du
mit dieser Methode
immer nur
Minderheiten erreichst

fragen mich Freunde
ungeduldig darüber
dass sie mit ihren Methoden
immer nur
Minderheiten erreichen

und ich weiss
keine Antwort
für sie


first published 1972
in 'Die Freiheit den Mund aufzumachen' ('The Freedom of opening one's mouth')


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