Искусствоед
Ingeborg Bachmann
Gedichte 1963-1964
Enigma
Ingeborg Bachmann
The Collected Poems
Poems 1963-1964
Enigma
At the Nile at night, at the Nile,
where the stars hang down into your mouth
and your dry heart us moist once again,
in the Egyptian night,
where you never have been before, but soon will be,
in order to give the Sphinx your answer.
In the blue night,
as in an eternally open mouth the desert's tongue
seeks your moisture.
If it burns you up,
your exhausted gasp
will resemble my answer.
Life of my life,
savage mouth
that takes the breath away
and no longer allows a memory,
let me be myself,
let me be with you.
transl. by Peter Filkins
Gedichte 1963-1964
Enigma
Ingeborg Bachmann
The Collected Poems
Poems 1963-1964
Enigma
At the Nile at night, at the Nile,
where the stars hang down into your mouth
and your dry heart us moist once again,
in the Egyptian night,
where you never have been before, but soon will be,
in order to give the Sphinx your answer.
In the blue night,
as in an eternally open mouth the desert's tongue
seeks your moisture.
If it burns you up,
your exhausted gasp
will resemble my answer.
Life of my life,
savage mouth
that takes the breath away
and no longer allows a memory,
let me be myself,
let me be with you.
transl. by Peter Filkins