From the German of Paul Celan
The lie of Earth is free, over.
To
The moon-axe, in the back,
Both harangued the silence
Of stones, the grasses.
In their retinue
The material heaven words,
The shadow have, swearing.
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À La Pointe ACÉRÉE
Es liegen die Erden frei, oben.
Zur
Mond-Axt, in den Rücken,
beide herangestiegen,
die Steine, die Gräser.
In ihrem Gefolge
die miterhobenen Worte,
die schattenhaft-schweren.
