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Poem

Alfred Brendel

Bent over myself

Bent over myself
I see
the blurred outline
of an unfamiliar face
a vessel of doubt
chronicle of oblivion
millstone of fraudulent memory
casually washed over
by the water\'s breath

Bent over myself

Über mich selbst gebeugt
sehe ich
unscharf
mein fremdes Gesicht
Gefäß des Zweifels
Chronik des Vergessens
Mühlstein täuschender Erinnerung
über den der Atem des Wassers
gleichgültig hinwegzieht
Close

Bent over myself

Bent over myself
I see
the blurred outline
of an unfamiliar face
a vessel of doubt
chronicle of oblivion
millstone of fraudulent memory
casually washed over
by the water\'s breath

Bent over myself

Bent over myself
I see
the blurred outline
of an unfamiliar face
a vessel of doubt
chronicle of oblivion
millstone of fraudulent memory
casually washed over
by the water\'s breath
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