Two Are Four
Original English Poem
by Turner Cassity
Night without attribute,
To which you bring all elements in turn:
Air intermittent in your throat;
Earth errant in your heart.
Bright water where your wet lips part
For fire I bring you, even as you burn.
Zwei sind vier
German Translation
by Christophe Fricker
Nacht ohne Eigenschaft,
Der du die Elemente zuerkennst:
In deiner Kehle Stöße Luft;
Im Herzen irrend Erde.
Der Lippen helles Wasser werde
Zum Feuer, das ich bringe, da du brennst.
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[2] https://www.ablemuse.com/v8/bio/clive-watkins?s=825e58c0200b26ac17a326f36f2398ab