Wednesday, January 30, 2008

More Love


The Danube
Originally uploaded by cookatie
My last exam was today and I hope to get out and shoot some pictures of something, anything soon. For now, you get a recycled view and one of my favorite love poems:


What it is
by Erich Fried

It is nonsense
says reason
It is what it is
says love

It is calamity
says calculation
It is nothing but pain
says fear
It is hopeless
says insight
It is what it is
says love

It is ludicrous
says pride
It is foolish
says caution
It is impossible
says experience
It is what it is
says love

Translated from German by Anna Kallio


And here's the German original:

Was es ist

Es ist Unsinn
sagt die Vernunft
Es ist was es ist
sagt die Liebe

Es is Unglück
sagt die Berechnung
Es ist nichts als Schmerz
sagt die Angst
Es ist aussichtslos
sagt die Einsicht
Es ist was es ist
sagt die Liebe

Es ist lächerlich
sagt der Stolz
Es ist leichtsinnig
sagt die Vorsicht
Es ist unmöglich
sagt die Erfahrung
Es ist was es ist
sagt die Liebe

Erich Fried

2 comments:

Merisi said...

Excellent image, recycled or not! :-)
Love the poem too.
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Hugs,
M.

Ann (MobayDP) said...

The recycled image is splendid and will continue to be so for as many times as you choose to repost it.

I wish you all the best in your exams Catharina.
Nothing but A+ grades! :)