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)

Words That Burn