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“Destiny” by Hermann Hesse 🇩🇪🇨🇭 (2 Jul 1877 – 9 Aug 1962)
Translated from the German by James Wright
In our fury and muddle
We act like children, cut off,
Fled from ourselves,
Bound by silly shame.
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The years clump past
In their agony, waiting.
Not a single path leads back
To the garden of our youth.