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Erich Fried
this site contains the german originals
& my own translations
i hope despite my incomplete english
you get the confusing depth
of Erich Fried's verses

ashes

reckless artistic nature

learning process

anxiety and doubt

earn and bear

constructive self criticism

speechless

preservation of materia

strange child

liberation from the big idols

need knows no command

of the inner freedom

abandoned room

a collector

reasons

one agitated poet's questions

the edge

what it is

  anxiety & doubt

don't doubt of
someone
who's saying
he's anxious

but be anxious of
someone
who's saying
he's without a doubt



Angst und Zweifel

Zweifle nicht
an dem
der dir sagt
er hat Angst

aber hab Angst
vor dem
der dir sagt
er kennt keinen Zweifel




first published 1974
in 'Gegengift' ('Antitoxin')


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