Frankfurt Westend

Die Schar von Pfeilen
schräg in den Himmel:
da baut man die neue Stadt
verdunkelt die Sonne

Wir werden im Schatten
kämpfen müssen

Karl Corino

Translation:

Frankfurt Westend

The flock of pillars
stinging into heaven:
there, one builds a new city
one darkens the sun

We shall have to fight
in the shadow

Karl Corino

Karl Corino, Germany
tr. Germain Droogenbroodt
© Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main. Selected from "Tür-Stürze", published in Dutch translation in POINT no.3. Karl Corino born in Ehingen Germany, 1942 studied philosophy and philology in Erlangen and Tübingen. The present poem is selected from his first collection of poetry, published in 1981 and is in some way typical for - critical - German poetry of that period. He also edited a collection of books and has a literary programme at the radio.