Thanks! I had forgotten that was in the book. Very nice to have the complete version here.
Jim On 6/10/26 08:23, Jordan Mechner wrote: > Thank you for sharing that fascinating article about Paul Celan. > > For anyone interested, here is my English translation of his poem > "Sprich auch Du"- one of my favorites, which I couldn't find in English. > > I used a line from this poem, "Wahr spricht, wer Schatten spricht" as > the epigraph for my graphic memoir Replay, about my grandfather's youth > in Czernowitz:https://www.jordanmechner.com/en/books/replay/ > > --- > > Speak you too, > speak last, > have your say. > > Speak-- > But do not split No from Yes. > Give your say meaning too: > give it its shadow. > > Give it enough shadow, > give it as much > as you know is dealt out between your > midnight and midday and midnight. > > Look around you: > See how it comes alive-- > Near death! Alive! > Who speaks shadow speaks true. > > But now the place you stand on shrinks: > Where to now, shadow-naked one, where to? > Climb. Grope your way up. > You grow thinner, less knowable, finer! > Finer: a thread > on which it wants to alight, the star, > to swim down, down > where it sees itself glimmering: in the swell > of wandering words. > > ******************************************************************************* > This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject of > Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed > in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not > necessarily > the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members > or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has > an associated web site athttp://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a > searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. Beginning in 2021, > archived messages can be found at: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To send mail to the list, address it to<[email protected]>. > > To remove your address from this e-list follow the directions at > https://it.cornell.edu/lyris/leave-e-lists-lyris > > To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************************* This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject of Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not necessarily the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has an associated web site at http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. Beginning in 2021, archived messages can be found at: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To send mail to the list, address it to <[email protected]>. To remove your address from this e-list follow the directions at https://it.cornell.edu/lyris/leave-e-lists-lyris To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
