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Teebeutel/Tea bag

Jan Wagner

I

nur in sackleinen
gehüllt. kleiner eremit
in seiner höhle.

II

nichts als ein faden
führt nach oben. wir geben
ihm fünf minuten.

Jan Wagner

from Achtzehn Pasteten. Gedichte (Berlin: Berlin Verlag, 2007)

Translated from the German by Iain Galbraith.

Reprinted by kind permission of the poet and translator.

Tags:

German personification short poems tea troglodyts

Translations of this Poem

Teabag

I

draped only in a
sackcloth mantle. the little
hermit in his cave.

II

a single thread leads
to the upper world. we shall
give him five minutes.

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Jan Wagnerb.1971

Born in Hamburg in 1971, Jan Wagner studied English in Hamburg, Dublin and Berlin, where he has lived since 1995. A poet, prolific translator of Anglo-American poetry and critic, he has received numerous awards for his poetry, including the...
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