To stand in the Shadow
of the Wound’s-Mark in the Air.

For no-one and nothing to Stand.
Unknown,
for you
alone.

With all, that within finds Room,
even without
Speech.

To Stand in the Shadow by Paul Celan, text reproduced from http://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/German/Celan.htm, image reproduced from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vcpb7    For a pdf of Celan’s poems from poemhunter.com click here