A great poet and good to see new English translation too.
Poems of Nelly Sachs in English
Obsessed by devotion
and kissing the irons
and kneeling low before love
Gradually daylight
Intruding into the house of the dead
To be gathered up
Into the dream
Move mountains
Through the slit of a window
Evening in blood
Pain possessed
A key in the lock
No letter willing to stay written
And the door is a heart thrown open
And to tally the seasons
In the dark
Who can do that
The past of this morning
Put to flight
Future only in the lines of your hand
And there once and
Never again thus it is written
Marja in flames
The house of the dead in flames
Ice and key and mute
And now this minute
Never again –
Besessen von Hingabe
und küssend das Eisen
und auf den Knien vor der Liebe
Stückweise der Tag
eindringend in das Totenhaus
und ihn zu sammeln
zum Traum
Berge versetzen
durch…
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