Paul Celan

 Imported 1216


[With the voice of the fieldmouse]

With the voice of the fieldmouse
you squeak up to me,

a sharp
clip,
you bite your way through my shirt to the skin,

a cloth,
you slide across my mouth
midway through the words
I address to you, shadow,
to give you weight.

                                translated by Michael Hamburger

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