Celan: Epitaph for François
Paul Celan, 1945
Epitaph for François
The two doors of the world
stand open:
opened by you
in the twinight.
We hear them slam and slam
and carry the uncertain,
and carry the green into your always.
– Paul Celan
From: Paul Celan, Von Schwelle zu Schwelle, 1955
Translated from the German by Johannes Beilharz.
Note
François was Celan’s son, who died in 1953.
that was a beautiful and fortunate poem. I only wish there were more of it to read!!!!!!