Poem
Barbara Köhler
SOMEBODY'S GOING [EXTRACT]
somebody’s going & he knows he’s going a way
somebody’s going & she knows he’s going away
some body knows that he is going away for he
knows that she stays & that some body goes a
way she knows for she is staying that he can
only go away if she would stay she knows: if
she also went away there would be no more go
ing away for there would be nobody left that
stays but how can he know that - for he does
not even turn
somebody’s going & she knows he’s going away
some body knows that he is going away for he
knows that she stays & that some body goes a
way she knows for she is staying that he can
only go away if she would stay she knows: if
she also went away there would be no more go
ing away for there would be nobody left that
stays but how can he know that - for he does
not even turn
© Translation: 2002, Georgina Paul
JEMAND GEHT [AUSZUG]
JEMAND GEHT [AUSZUG]
jemand geht & er weiß daß er fortgeht
jemand geht & sie weiß das er fortgeh
t jemand weiß daß er fortgeht weil er
weiß daß sie bleibt & daß jemand fort
geht weiß sie weil sie bleibt er kann
nur fortgehn wenn sie bleibt weiß sie
wenn sie auch geht würde es kein fort
gehen mehr geben weil es nichts geben
würde was bleibt aber wie kann er das
wissen er dreht sich nicht einmal um.
jemand geht & sie weiß das er fortgeh
t jemand weiß daß er fortgeht weil er
weiß daß sie bleibt & daß jemand fort
geht weiß sie weil sie bleibt er kann
nur fortgehn wenn sie bleibt weiß sie
wenn sie auch geht würde es kein fort
gehen mehr geben weil es nichts geben
würde was bleibt aber wie kann er das
wissen er dreht sich nicht einmal um.
© 1999, Suhrkamp Verlag
From: Wittgensteins Nichte. Vermischte Schriften. Mixed Media
Publisher: Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main
All rights are reserved by and controlled through Suhrkamp Verlag Berlin.
From: Wittgensteins Nichte. Vermischte Schriften. Mixed Media
Publisher: Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main
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SOMEBODY'S GOING [EXTRACT]
somebody’s going & he knows he’s going a way
somebody’s going & she knows he’s going away
some body knows that he is going away for he
knows that she stays & that some body goes a
way she knows for she is staying that he can
only go away if she would stay she knows: if
she also went away there would be no more go
ing away for there would be nobody left that
stays but how can he know that - for he does
not even turn
somebody’s going & she knows he’s going away
some body knows that he is going away for he
knows that she stays & that some body goes a
way she knows for she is staying that he can
only go away if she would stay she knows: if
she also went away there would be no more go
ing away for there would be nobody left that
stays but how can he know that - for he does
not even turn
© 2002, Georgina Paul
From: Wittgensteins Nichte. Vermischte Schriften. Mixed Media
All rights are reserved by and controlled through Suhrkamp Verlag Berlin.
From: Wittgensteins Nichte. Vermischte Schriften. Mixed Media
SOMEBODY'S GOING [EXTRACT]
somebody’s going & he knows he’s going a way
somebody’s going & she knows he’s going away
some body knows that he is going away for he
knows that she stays & that some body goes a
way she knows for she is staying that he can
only go away if she would stay she knows: if
she also went away there would be no more go
ing away for there would be nobody left that
stays but how can he know that - for he does
not even turn
somebody’s going & she knows he’s going away
some body knows that he is going away for he
knows that she stays & that some body goes a
way she knows for she is staying that he can
only go away if she would stay she knows: if
she also went away there would be no more go
ing away for there would be nobody left that
stays but how can he know that - for he does
not even turn
© 2002, Georgina Paul
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