Mittwoch, 23. Juli 2014
Ein Tag in... Auschwitz-Birkenau
buffuannbuffu, 21:06h
O the chimneys
On the ingeniously devised habitations of death
When Israel's body drifted as smoke
Through the air -
Was welcomed by a star, a chimney sweep,
A star that turned black
Or was it a ray of sun?
O the chimneys!
Freedomway for Jeremiah and Job's dust -
Who devised you and laid stone upon stone
The road for refugees of smoke?
O the habitations of death,
invitingly appointed
For the host who used to be a guest -
O you fingers
Laying the threshold
like a knife between life and death -
O you chimneys,
O you fingers
And Israel's body as smoke through the air!
Gedicht von Nelly Sachs (1967)
On the ingeniously devised habitations of death
When Israel's body drifted as smoke
Through the air -
Was welcomed by a star, a chimney sweep,
A star that turned black
Or was it a ray of sun?
O the chimneys!
Freedomway for Jeremiah and Job's dust -
Who devised you and laid stone upon stone
The road for refugees of smoke?
O the habitations of death,
invitingly appointed
For the host who used to be a guest -
O you fingers
Laying the threshold
like a knife between life and death -
O you chimneys,
O you fingers
And Israel's body as smoke through the air!
Gedicht von Nelly Sachs (1967)
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