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a Glass Floor Underfoot - 14. ever-youthful flood tides

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Am Ende der Nacht

 

Aus dem Spiel der Hände, die ihre Geheimnisse tauschten,

Kam uns ein Grauen,

Horch, wie dein Herz klopft.

Wir lauschten

Zu tief in die Nacht.

 

Doch meine Lippen sind schmal wie in früheren Jahren,

Wie willst du sie meiden?

Ist eine deiner Bewegungen dein?

Schon fahren

Frostwinde im Morgenschein.

 

Brunnen springen auf in verjüngenden Fluten.

Wie ist dein Leib/ Eis!

Wir machen uns beide evzittern.

Wir ruhten

Zu lang und dem Leben zu weit.

 

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At Night’s End

 

From the gameplay of hands trading their secrets,

A gray fear’s dawned on us,

Harkened to your heartbeat.

We’ve heard it

Too late in the night.

 

But my lips are as trim as in former years,

So how will you get by?

Is one of your moves yours?

Already

The morning’s frost-winds urge us on.

 

Cascades well up in ever-youthful flood tides.

Your abdomen/ Ice!

We’ve both made ourselves tremble.

We’ve tarried

Too long, too far, away from life.

 

 

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Edgar Ende The Sleepers (1933)

 

 

 

 

 

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