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W.H.Auden 100

 

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Christopher Isherwood und WH Auden (rechts),1939
Foto: Carl Van Vechten

Der grosse Wystan Hugh Auden würde morgen 100 Jahre alt.

Aus „Sept. 1, 1939“:

All I have is a voice

To undo the folded lie,

The romantic lie in the brain

Of the sensual man-in-the-street

And the lie of Authority

Whose buildings grope the sky:

There is no such thing as the State

And no one exists alone;

Hunger allows no choice

To the citizen or the police;

We must love one another or die.

Defenceless under the night

Our world in stupor lies;

Yet, dotted everywhere,

Ironic points of light

Flash out wherever the Just

Exchange their messages:

May I, composed like them

Of Eros and of dust,

Beleaguered by the same

Negation and despair,

Show an affirming flame.