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. . .rabbi abraham joshua heschel suggests "Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.". . .
ES WAR ERDE IN IHNEN, und sie gruben. (paul celan from die niemandsrose/the noonesrose)
ES WAR ERDE IN IHNEN, und
sie gruben.Sie gruben und gruben, so ging
ihr Tag dahin, ihre Nacht. Und sie lobten nicht Gott,
der, so hörten sie, alles dies wollte,
der, so hörten sie, alles dies wusste.
Sie gruben und hörten nichts mehr;
sie wurden nicht weise, erfanden kein Lied,
erdachten sich keinerlei Sprache.
Sie gruben.
Es kam eine Stille, es kam auch ein Sturm,
es kamen die Meere alle.
Ich grabe, du gräbst, und es gräbt auch der Wurm,
und das Singende dort sagt: Sie graben.
O einer, o keiner, o niemand, o du:
Wohin gings, da's nirgendhin ging?
O du gräbst und ich grab, und ich grab mich dir zu,
und am Finger erwacht uns der Ring.
THERE WAS EARTH INSIDE THEM, and
they dug.They dug and dug, and so
their day went past, their night. And they did not praise God,
who, so they heard, wanted all this,
who, so they heard, witnessed all this.
They dug and heard nothing more;
they did not grow wise, invented no song,
devised for themselves no sort of language.
They dug.
There came a stillness then, came also storm,
all of the oceans came.
I dig, you dig, and it digs too, the worm,
and the singing there says: They dig.
O one, o none, o no one, o you:
Where did it go then, making for nowhere?
O you dig and I dig, and I dig through to you,
and the ring on our finger awakens.
THERE WAS EARTH IN THEM, and they dug.
They dug and dug, so passed
their day away, their night. And they praised not God,
who, as they heard, wished all this,
who, as they heard, knew all this.
They dug and heard no more;
they became not wise, made up no song, devised no kind of tongue
for themselves. They dug.
There came a stillness, and there came a storm, there came the
oceans all. I dig, you dig, and so too dig the worm, and the
singing there means: I dig.
O one, O none, O nobody, you:
Where to go, with nowhere to go?
O you dig and I dig, and I dig unto you,
and a-finger awakens us the ring.
and the moon swims in a bluish bubble dimmed
