by Jean (Hans) Arp (1887 - 1966)
Translation by Joachim Neugroschel (1938 - 2011)

You would always dream of winged stars
Language: English  after the French (Français) 
You would always dream of winged stars, 
of flowers cajoling flowers 
on the lips of infinity, of light-sources blossoming out,
of symmetrical bloomings, 
of breathing silks, 
of serene sciences,
far from the houses of a thousand darts 
and the prostrations of naive deserts, 
among a thousand untidy miracles.
You dreamed of things that rest in the immutable home of light.
You painted an unveiled rose, 
a bouquet of waves, 
a live crystal.

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Confirmed with Jean, Arp, Arp on Arp: Poems # Essays, Memories, New York : The Viking Press, 1972, p.141


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