{"id":5819,"date":"2022-12-15T12:31:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T13:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/?p=5819"},"modified":"2022-12-15T12:31:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T13:31:04","slug":"749-breakout-from-here-hilde-domin-germany-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/749-breakout-from-here-hilde-domin-germany-2\/","title":{"rendered":"749 | Breakout from here &#8211; Hilde Domin, Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5817 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Afbeelding-749-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"schilderij hoort bij Ithaca 749\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Afbeelding-749-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Afbeelding-749-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Afbeelding-749.jpg 623w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Painting by Nives Palmi<\/em><em>\u0107<\/em><em>, Slovenia<br \/>\n<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.behance.net\/nivespalmia91a\">https:\/\/www.behance.net\/nivespalmia91a<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Breakout from here<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>For Paul Celan, Peter Szondi, Jean Am\u00e9ry,<br \/>\nwho did not want to go on living<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The rope<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">tied prisoner-style from bed sheets<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the bed sheets on which I wept<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I wind it around me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">diver&#8217;s rope<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">around my body<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I jump off<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I dive<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">away from the day<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">through it<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I emerge<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">on the other side of the earth<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There I want<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to breathe more freely<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">there I want to invent an alphabet<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">of active letters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Hilde Domin<\/strong>, Germany (1909 \u2013 2006)<br \/>\n<strong><em>Translation Germain Droogenbroodt \u2013 Stanley Barkan<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nfrom \u201e<em>Gesammelte Gedichte<\/em>\u201c, Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Ausbruch von hier \/\/ <\/em><\/strong><em>F\u00fcr Paul Celan, Peter Szondi, Jean Am\u00e9ry, die nicht weiterleben wollten Das Seil\/nach H\u00e4ftlingsart aus Bettt\u00fcchern gekn\u00fcpft\/die Bettt\u00fccher auf denen ich geweint habe\/ich winde es um mich\/Taucherseil\/um meinen Leib\/ich springe ab\/ich tauche\/weg vom Tag\/hindurch\/tauche ich auf\/auf der anderen Seite der Erde\/Dort will ich\/freier atmen\/dort will ich ein Alphabet erfinden\/von t\u00e4tigen Buchstaben.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Painting by Nives Palmi\u0107, Slovenia \u00a0https:\/\/www.behance.net\/nivespalmia91a Breakout from here For Paul Celan, Peter Szondi, Jean Am\u00e9ry, who did not want to go on living \u00a0 The rope tied prisoner-style from bed sheets the bed sheets on which I wept I wind it around me diver&#8217;s rope around my body I jump off I dive away 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