So steigt der Berg
in mein Fenster hinein.
Unmenschlich ist die Liebe,
versetzt mein Herz
in Glanz deines Staubes.
Schwermut-Granit wird mein Blut.
Unmenschlich ist die Liebe.
Nacht und Tod bauen ihr Land
einwärts und auswärts --
nicht für die Sonne.
Stern ist ein versiegeltes Abendwort --
durchrissen
von der unmenschlichen Auffahrt
der Liebe.
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- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "So the mountain climbs", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: John Glenn Paton
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2009-08-06
Line count: 14
Word count: 52
So the mountain climbs
in at my window.
Love is inhuman,
transports my heart
into the splendor of your dust.
My blood becomes melancholy granite.
Love is inhuman.
Night and death build their land
inwards and outwards --
not for the sun.
"Star" is a sealed evening word --
torn apart
by the inhuman upsurge
of love.
