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The first time I heard this poem was in a music sample (on a track by Of The Wand And The Moon, I think). I was struck by the beauty of the words even without understanding German.
So I looked it up and translated it, and I must admit that while I don’t fully embrace the vision it presents of existence, I do find myself quite drawn to its words.
Here is the version recited by the author himself, where you can appreciate the beauty of the berry structure of the phrasing.
In general, I don’t like translated poetry, which, in my view, strips the power of the words of all their substance. Even though I need to translate languages I don’t know for myself in order to appreciate their meaning, I prefer to read and listen to poetry in its original language.
Nothing is uglier or more meaningless, for example, than a translated haiku.