Paul Celan: Living

Paul Celan was Romanian poet and translator. Explore interesting quotes on living.
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“Don't sign your name
between worlds,

surmount
the manifold of meanings,

trust the tearstain,
learn to live.”

Paul Celan

Source: Glottal Stop

World , Learning

“A little stallion gallops across the leafing fingers-
Black the gate leaps open, I sing;
How did we live here?”

Paul Celan

"Tallow Lamp" in: Paul Celan (1972) Selected poems. p. 22

Singing

“You opened your eyes -I saw my darkness live. I see through it down to the bed; there too it is mine and lives.”

Paul Celan

"From Darkness to Darkness," in: Donald Wesling, ‎Tadeusz Sławek (1995). Literary Voice: The Calling of Jonah. p. 54