Apr 03
Poetry II (Chedid)
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Poetry II, by Andre Chedid (1920-2011)
What is more than the word
but delivered by the word
What dies
but rises again
What always surrenders
but is reborn
What grows beyond us
but is rooted in us
What we call life
but the days destroy
What is obvious
but remains obscure.
(Trans. Carl Hermey)