translated by Heinz Insu Fenkl

 

One Mind

 

Though that ancient Titan

could lift the whole world, put it down again,

 

that one thing, smaller, perhaps

than a single mustard seed

 

he could never have grasped, nor released:

the one mind

 

 

The Sound of a Stone

 

That sole, indifferent lump of stone –

try to hear its sound:

though you listen and lift it up,

you will never succeed.

But naturally, like age spots,

dark, dark blotches will bloom.