Poetry Tuesday ...

[scriva]

At the beginning of my lifejournal, I had tried to post a daily poem, but I stopped the habit pretty soon. However, maybe, I can still make it once a week.

Today, I was in the mood for Christian Morgenstern's friendly and thoughtfull silliness. Of course, parts of the subtlety gets lost in translation, but well ...

Vice-versa:Ein Hase sitzt auf

Comments

[xraytheenforcer]

can a god be mild AND stern?

[scriva]

LOL. I never noticed that it's a translation error. I guess I should have looked over the English translation more careful. It's supposed to mean "mild and silent". (IMO, you don't need to read it as theist only, but also as the idea: who knows, maybe, we are only dwarfs in the eyes of other observers".)

[clarus]

That is a lovely poem.

[scriva]

I'm glad you like it. As I wrote in the other answer, the last line of the English version is not correctly translated to keep the rhyme. The German words mean "mild and silent". "Stumm" means silent.

[catrionamacnair]

Ah, Morgenstern. Absolutely love him.

In der Bahnhofshalle, nicht für es gebaut
geht ein Huhn...

*happy poetry nostalgia wave*

[scriva]

Christian Morgenstern and Joachim Ringelnatz are some of my favorite peots. I just like their sort of humour.

"Das Mondschaf steht auf weiter Flur.
Es harrt und harrt der großen Schur.
Das Mondschaf."

It's rather difficult to translate these poems in another language.

(Btw, your icon is funny: The Sceptical Chymist. FTW)

thank you

[anonymous]

favorited this one, brother