Gerhard Falkner
Kiss those blissnuts (Nüsse küssen)
kiss those blissnuts
and keep away from the middle class
inspirited by that sublime sensation:
to have a destiny of one’s own!
that’s even more uplifting
than fresh sheets on your bed
or reading Kierkegaard
after breakfast
your hotel is so cheap
and so barren
that even the mob
is powerless to find it
that’s why it’s in the stilus grande
and while you
come into the room
clothed in just a cloth your turban
the mirrors return the angel
that between what may
be mere window wings
is calmly consigning the crystal
that is gleaming in them
and keep away from the middle class
inspirited by that sublime sensation:
to have a destiny of one’s own!
that’s even more uplifting
than fresh sheets on your bed
or reading Kierkegaard
after breakfast
your hotel is so cheap
and so barren
that even the mob
is powerless to find it
that’s why it’s in the stilus grande
and while you
come into the room
clothed in just a cloth your turban
the mirrors return the angel
that between what may
be mere window wings
is calmly consigning the crystal
that is gleaming in them
Translated by Richard Dove
Page(s) 85
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