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Paul Celan
Paul Celan was a prominent German-language poet, widely regarded as one of the most significant European poets of the 20th century. His work is deeply marked by his experiences during the Holocaust and the loss of his parents, leading to themes of memory, trauma, and the unspeakable nature of suffering. Celan's poetry is characterized by its linguistic innovation, fragmented syntax, and a profound engagement with silence and the limits of language to express profound grief. His work continues to be studied for its unique contribution to post-war literature and its exploration of human resilience and despair.
1920-11-23 Chernivtsi, Ucrânia
1970-04-20 Paris, França
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With Every Thought
With Every Thought
With every Thought I went
out of the World: there you were,
you my Gentle One, you my Open One, and –
you received us.
Who
says that for us everything died,
that for us there the Eye broke?
Everything woke, all things began.
Vast, a Sun came swimming by, bright
a Soul and a Soul engaged, clear,
masterfully made a silence for it
a path ahead.
Lightly
you opened your Lap, quiet
rose a Breath in the Aether,
and what became cloud, was it not,
was it not Form, and for us then,
was it not
as good as a Name?
With every Thought I went
out of the World: there you were,
you my Gentle One, you my Open One, and –
you received us.
Who
says that for us everything died,
that for us there the Eye broke?
Everything woke, all things began.
Vast, a Sun came swimming by, bright
a Soul and a Soul engaged, clear,
masterfully made a silence for it
a path ahead.
Lightly
you opened your Lap, quiet
rose a Breath in the Aether,
and what became cloud, was it not,
was it not Form, and for us then,
was it not
as good as a Name?
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