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Ebba Simone
is on page 4 of 336
Berechnung ist nicht dasselbe wie Vorsicht. "It is foolish / says caution" is translated correctly. "Berechnung" does not mean "caution". It means calculation:
It is unhappiness
says calculation
(I'm aware how difficult it is to tranlate poems. This is just meant to be a side note for my group readers.)
— Sep 12, 2026 03:08AM
It is unhappiness
says calculation
(I'm aware how difficult it is to tranlate poems. This is just meant to be a side note for my group readers.)
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Ebba Simone
is on page 307 of 336
Perhaps
Poems
that are much frailer
than stone
will perhaps
outlast
my house of stone
— Oct 11, 2026 05:00AM
Poems
that are much frailer
than stone
will perhaps
outlast
my house of stone
Ebba Simone
is on page 275 of 336
Uncertain
From life
I went
into poems
From poems
I went
into life
Which way
will have been better
in the end?
— Oct 11, 2026 04:58AM
From life
I went
into poems
From poems
I went
into life
Which way
will have been better
in the end?
Ebba Simone
is on page 139 of 336
The Good Gardeners
How nice
that we walk
hand in hand in the garden
and water and rend
our young tree
I pick off grubs
you bring it water!
How green it would be
had we not
hacked off
its roots
— Oct 11, 2026 04:43AM
How nice
that we walk
hand in hand in the garden
and water and rend
our young tree
I pick off grubs
you bring it water!
How green it would be
had we not
hacked off
its roots
Ebba Simone
is on page 226 of 336
Wer die furchtbaren
Windmühlenflügel
vor Augen hat
den
reißt sein Herz
und sein Kopf
und seine Lanze
mit in den Kampf
gegen den Riesen
— Oct 08, 2026 08:00AM
Windmühlenflügel
vor Augen hat
den
reißt sein Herz
und sein Kopf
und seine Lanze
mit in den Kampf
gegen den Riesen
Ebba Simone
is on page 171 of 336
Confusion (sencond stanza)
To love each other
and let each other starve to death
To love each other and know
that one can do little about it
To love each other
and try not to be blunted
To love each other
and with time
kill each other
And yet love each other
with better and better weapons
— Sep 19, 2026 05:29AM
To love each other
and let each other starve to death
To love each other and know
that one can do little about it
To love each other
and try not to be blunted
To love each other
and with time
kill each other
And yet love each other
with better and better weapons
Ebba Simone
is on page 171 of 336
Confusion (first stanza)
To love each other
in a time
when people kill each other
with better and better weapons
and let each other starve to death
And to know
that we can do little about it
and to try
not to be blunted
And still love each other
— Sep 19, 2026 05:28AM
To love each other
in a time
when people kill each other
with better and better weapons
and let each other starve to death
And to know
that we can do little about it
and to try
not to be blunted
And still love each other
Ebba Simone
is on page 4 of 336
I don't know what love is
but perhaps
it is something like this:
When she
comes home from abroad
and tells me proudly: "I saw
a water rat"
and I remember these words
when I wake up in the night
and next day at my work
and I long
to hear her say
the same words once more
and for her
to look exactly the same
as she looked
when she said them -
I think that is maybe love
or something rather like it
— Sep 12, 2026 06:58AM
but perhaps
it is something like this:
When she
comes home from abroad
and tells me proudly: "I saw
a water rat"
and I remember these words
when I wake up in the night
and next day at my work
and I long
to hear her say
the same words once more
and for her
to look exactly the same
as she looked
when she said them -
I think that is maybe love
or something rather like it
Ebba Simone
is on page 4 of 336
What it Is
It is madness
says reason
It is what it is
says love
It is unhappiness
says caution
It is nothing but pain
says fear
It has no future
says insight
It is what it is
says love
It is ridiculous
says pride
It is foolish
says caution
It is impossible
says experience
It is what it is
says love
Berechnung ist nicht dasselbe wie Vorsicht.
— Sep 12, 2026 03:01AM
It is madness
says reason
It is what it is
says love
It is unhappiness
says caution
It is nothing but pain
says fear
It has no future
says insight
It is what it is
says love
It is ridiculous
says pride
It is foolish
says caution
It is impossible
says experience
It is what it is
says love
Berechnung ist nicht dasselbe wie Vorsicht.
Ebba Simone
is on page 4 of 336
Was es ist
Es ist Unsinn
sagt die Vernunft
Es ist was es ist
sagt die Liebe
Es ist Unglück
sagt die Berechnung
Es ist nichts als Schmerz
sagt die Angst
Es ist aussichtslos
sagt die Einsicht
Es ist was es ist
sagt die Liebe
Es ist lächerlich
sagt der Stolz
Es ist leichtsinnig
sagt die Vorsicht
Es ist unmöglich
sagt die Erfahrung
Es ist was es ist
sagt die Liebe
(1983)
— Sep 12, 2026 02:35AM
Es ist Unsinn
sagt die Vernunft
Es ist was es ist
sagt die Liebe
Es ist Unglück
sagt die Berechnung
Es ist nichts als Schmerz
sagt die Angst
Es ist aussichtslos
sagt die Einsicht
Es ist was es ist
sagt die Liebe
Es ist lächerlich
sagt der Stolz
Es ist leichtsinnig
sagt die Vorsicht
Es ist unmöglich
sagt die Erfahrung
Es ist was es ist
sagt die Liebe
(1983)