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Light & Dragonflies: Nature Poems/Love Poems - 2. A velvet lea

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Dein Auge

ist eine samtene Wiese

über alle Hügel des Abends

und deine Lippen sind zu schwer

für ein leichtes Wort

Deine Gedanken

sind vor den Fingern des Todes

der sich zersehnt

ein Tanz des Glücks

Schließ mich ein

in die wilden Rosen

deines Bluts

Dein Atem

ist die Wiege des Sommers [i]

 

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How your eye

is like a velvet lea marking

where the hills and vales of evening race

and your lips are too pendulous

for a breezy word

The thoughts in your head

are a dance of gladness before

death’s fingers, which

yearn to lock me

in the wild roses

that effortlessly spring from

your lifeblood

for how your breath

is like the cradle of summer

 

 

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[i] “Dein Auge ist eine samtene Wiese” Wilhelm Runge Das Denken träumt [“The Dreaming Mind”] (Berlin 1918), p. 5

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101066463579&view=1up&seq=7

The remainder of this collection’s poems are sourced from Das Denken träumt. Although not a complete translation of that volume, the order here follows their original printing sequence.

 

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Parker Owens

I was struck by the lines: 

which

yearn to lock me

in the wild roses

that effortlessly spring from

your lifeblood

for how your breath

is like the cradle of summer

The image of breath as the cradle of summer is amazing. Wild roses grow prolifically near me, and they inevitably trap and hold me whenever I must encounter them. The notion of their effortless springing appeals especially. I thought this a brilliant poem for its ability to evoke image after image in rapid succession.  Thank you for posting it.

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15 minutes ago, Parker Owens said:

I was struck by the lines: 

which

yearn to lock me

in the wild roses

that effortlessly spring from

your lifeblood

for how your breath

is like the cradle of summer

The image of breath as the cradle of summer is amazing. Wild roses grow prolifically near me, and they inevitably trap and hold me whenever I must encounter them. The notion of their effortless springing appeals especially. I thought this a brilliant poem for its ability to evoke image after image in rapid succession.  Thank you for posting it.

Thank you, my dear friend. The thoughts of twisting made me select the Minor White photo that I did :yes:

Thanks again

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On 8/16/2023 at 8:03 PM, ReaderPaul said:

Fascinating.  Food for thought in the translation.

Thanks for reading this one, ReaderPaul. I was pretty much blown away to discover how unique Wilhelm Runge's poetry truly is. His work is one of a kind

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