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a Glass Floor Underfoot - 4. how devout's my scream
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Der Riese
Die Meere hab ich getrunken, die Meere sind leer,
Und keine Flüsse von Bergen her werden sie füllen.
Die freundlichen Völker wimmelnd rings um mich her,
Wie nun ihr Blut an meinen Füßen gerinnt.
Wolken, die tiefen, und hochfliegende, fing ich mir ein,
Presste sie aus, Schwämme den dorrenden Lippen.
Könnt’ ich die Sterne aus ihren Fassungen brechen,
Aus ihren unheimlich drohenden erhernen Schilden.
Was frommt mein Schrei, dem schallend kein Gegenschrei folgt,
Mein geschütteltes Haupt, dessen Locken wie Vipern sich ducken.
In dem erschrockenen Äther mein einz’ger Genoss ist die Nacht
– Aber die Nacht ist hohl und saugt meinem Leibe die Seele.
Und der dröhnende Tag, der dumpf meine Stirn schlägt. – [i]
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The Rover-Giant
I've drunk the lakes completely, now the seas are dry,
None shall be the rivers from mountains to fill them.
And see the friendly nations who swarmed about me
As their blood now curdles in my footprints.
Clouds, both the low-slung and high-flying, have I caught,
And wrung them out like sponges to oft-barren lips.
If I could pry celestial lights from their sockets,
I'd pull them from their unearthly shield's threat.
So tell me, how devout's my scream if not followed
By one equally sincere? My head is shaken,
And its curls crouch like vipers, for in the chill air
– Night's my only consort, but she sucks my soul.
While the droning day dully beats my brow. –
Franz Marc Genesis II (1914)
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