Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Drowsing

[bohemiabythesea.livejournal.com]

Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Drowsing

let me sleep in the guitar tonight
in the night's confused guitar
let me rest
                in the shattered wood
let my hands sleep
                            on its strings
my confused hands
                              let them sleep
the sweet wood
                        let my strings
                                            let the night
rest on the forgotten notes
my shattered hands
                              let them sleep
on the sweet strings
in the confused wood

(trans. Edwin Morgan)