{"id":4910,"date":"2021-04-09T07:34:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T08:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/?p=4910"},"modified":"2021-04-09T07:34:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T08:34:17","slug":"678-i-must-not-live-in-a-poem-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/678-i-must-not-live-in-a-poem-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"678 | I must not live in a poem yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In memoriam the great <\/em>Polish poet, Adam Zagajewski<\/p>\n

\"ADAM<\/p>\n

\u201cPoetry only has an extra value, when human life is in danger\u201d
\nAdam <\/em>Zagajewski<\/p>\n

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I must not live in a poem yet<\/strong><\/p>\n

I must not live in a poem yet,<\/p>\n

I have to stay in this world, in this city.<\/p>\n

In poetry, none but the departed<\/p>\n

can make themselves at home;<\/p>\n

they come here as poor fiddlers do,<\/p>\n

their fingers are blue with frost,<\/p>\n

and they sleep long on the beds of verses.<\/p>\n

ADAM ZAGAJEWSKI,<\/strong> Poland, 1945 -2021<\/p>\n

English translation Miros\u0142aw Grudzie\u0144 \u2014 Ma\u0142gorzata \u017burecka<\/em><\/p>\n

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NIE WOLNO MI JESZCZE \u017bY\u0106 W WIERSZU \/\/\u00a0 Nie wolno mi jeszcze \u017cy\u0107 w wierszu, \/ musz\u0119 przebywa\u0107 w \u015bwiecie, w mie\u015bcie.\/ Tylko umarli mog\u0105 rozgo\u015bci\u0107 si\u0119 w poezji; \/ przychodz\u0105 tu jak biedni skrzypkowie \/ o sinych od mrozu palcach \/ i d\u0142ugo \u015bpi\u0105 na \u0142\u00f3\u017ckach wers\u00f3w.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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