What happened? The stone stepped out of the mountain.
Who woke up? You and I.
Language, language. Co-star. By-earth.
Poorer. Open. At home.
Where did it lead? Toward unfaded.
With the stone it went, with us two.
Heart and heart. Judged too heavy.
Become heavier. Be lighter.
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PAUL CELAN, NoOnesRose (1963)
Memory Rose into Threshold Speech
translated by Pierre Joris
Farrar, 2022
