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Alfred Brendel

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Bent over myself

Bent over myself
I see
the blurred outline
of an unfamiliar face
a vessel of doubt
chronicle of oblivion
millstone of fraudulent memory
casually washed over
by the water\'s breath

Bent over myself

Über mich selbst gebeugt
sehe ich
unscharf
mein fremdes Gesicht
Gefäß des Zweifels
Chronik des Vergessens
Mühlstein täuschender Erinnerung
über den der Atem des Wassers
gleichgültig hinwegzieht

Alfred Brendel

(Austria, 1931)

Alfred Brendel is a pianist, renowned for his interpretations of Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart, Liszt, made his debut as a poet at the age of sixty-seven with the collection Fingerzeig (1996). ‘The same brilliant fingers making a new sound’, wrote Harold Pinter after reading it. Brendel quickly followed it up with two more collections: Störendes Lachen während des Jaworts (1998) and Kleine Teufel...

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Bent over myself

Bent over myself
I see
the blurred outline
of an unfamiliar face
a vessel of doubt
chronicle of oblivion
millstone of fraudulent memory
casually washed over
by the water\'s breath

From: Kleine Teufel

Bent over myself

Bent over myself
I see
the blurred outline
of an unfamiliar face
a vessel of doubt
chronicle of oblivion
millstone of fraudulent memory
casually washed over
by the water\'s breath