<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=478548" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Eastern River</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Do not look for the stones<br>in water above the mud,<br>the boat is gone.<br>No longer with nets and baskets<br>the river is dotted.<br>The sun wick,<br>the marsh marigold flickered out in rain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Only the willow still bears witness,<br>in its roots<br>the secrets of tramps lie hidden,<br>their paltry treasures,<br>a rusty fishhook,<br>a bottle full of sand,<br>a tine with no bottom,<br>in which to preserve<br>conversations long forgotten.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">On the boughs,<br>empty nests of the penduline titmice,<br>shoes light as birds.<br>No one slips them<br>over children's feet.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Translated by Michael Hamburger</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Peter+Huchel">Peter Huchel</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=478548" data-title="Eastern River de Peter Huchel" data-description="Do not look for the stones in water above the mud, the boat is gone. No longer with nets and baskets the river is dotted. The sun wick, the marsh marigold flickered out in rain. Only the willow still bears witness, in its roots the secrets of tra..."></div> </div> </div>

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