Gunter Grass Quote
Don't be so hard on yourself,as if you'd been trappedand sealed in amber.Since you passed awayI've been following your trail,traced only with lost words.Recently I went looking for the castleand found it in Bohemia.You'd given orders for diligent restorersto renew its façadeson all sides.They hadn't finished back then,they're still at it today,and they will be tomorrow.Because it crumbles, cracks appear,mold swells the plaster, withers its bright skin,on the weather side first.It comforts me, their toil,for I too loved youon all sides, in vain.
Gunter Grass
Don't be so hard on yourself,as if you'd been trappedand sealed in amber.Since you passed awayI've been following your trail,traced only with lost words.Recently I went looking for the castleand found it in Bohemia.You'd given orders for diligent restorersto renew its façadeson all sides.They hadn't finished back then,they're still at it today,and they will be tomorrow.Because it crumbles, cracks appear,mold swells the plaster, withers its bright skin,on the weather side first.It comforts me, their toil,for I too loved youon all sides, in vain.