The rope torn

Posted on October 25, 2010 by

The rope has been torn; a knot
Can tie it again, but
It’s been torn.

Perhaps we’ll meet again, but
You won’t find me
In the place where we parted ways.

– Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)

English translation by Johannes Beilharz (© 2010)

Other love poems by Bertolt Brecht

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About James Steerforth

I am an author of poetry and fiction, translator and painter who loves to have fun with borrowed feathers.
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One Response to The rope torn

  1. Mehdi says:
    January 3, 2013 at 5:12 pm

    Great! That’s really true.

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