someone else's words

"The leaves are falling, falling as if from far off,
as if withered in the distant gardens of heaven;
they fall with nay-saying gestures.
And in the night the heavy earth falls
out of the stars into loneliness.

We are all falling. This hand falls.
And look at the other: it is in everything.
And yet there is One, who holds this falling
with infinite softness in his hands."


or for the German speakers:

Die Blätter fallen, fallen wie von weit,
als welkten in den Himmeln ferne Gärten;
sie fallen mit verneinender Gebärde.
Und in den Nächten fällt die schwere Erde
aus allen Sternen in die Einsamkeit.

Wir alle fallen. Diese Hand da fällt.
Und sieh dir and're an: es ist in allen.
Und doch ist Einer, welcher dieses Fallen
unendlich sanft in seinen Händen hält.


first one to correctly guess the author gets a postcard from Künzelsau! =)
i know, i know, it's not the most stimulating prize, but come on, it's always fun to get mail, right?? =)