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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

  learning process

i am nothing
i am the last nobody
in our revolution
shouted inspired
an artist

they repeated
you are nothing
you are the last nobody
in our revolution
there he was disappointed



Lernprozess

Ich bin ein nichts
ich bin der letzte Niemand
in unserer Revolution
rief begeistert
ein Künstler

Sie sprachen ihm nach
Du bist nichts
du bist der letzte Niemand
in unserer Revolution
Da war er enttäuscht


first published 1972
in 'Die Freiheit den Mund aufzumachen' ('The Freedom of opening one's mouth')


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