Искусствоед
Ingeborg Bachmann
Gedichte 1963-1964
Das deutsche Wunder

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Du schläfst, schläfst, es ist
eine Geschichte, Geschichte nicht,
deutbar. Da schläfst du besser ein.

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Ingeborg Bachmann
The Collected Poems
Poems 1963-1964
The German Miracle

I
Early in the morning, when
fruit wagons rumble
through the city, when the subway
travels through your bed
and the incoming flight lanes
are lower than usual,

you must, you must,
you cannot sleep.

Early in the morning, when the
Americans in divided
Berlin begin their maneuvers,
when shots fire as if
it was starting,

you must join in, but need not,
for you may also sleep.

Early in the morning, when
it's bright and in the park
the generals stretch out
their stomachs, when the alarm
sounds, you must
finally sleep once again.

You sleep, sleep, it is part
of a story, not history:
Therefore it's better you sleep.

II
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transl. by Peter Filkins

@темы: b, 20, deutsche-oesterreichisch, bachmann, ingeborg