Saturday, January 25, 2003
In Front Of A Candle Comments
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I formed the holder of gold,
as you told me to mother,
gold, out of which She comes,
a shade, to me, in the middle
of fracturing hours,
your
being-dead’s daughter.
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Paul Celan
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7/19/2025 4:55:09 AM # 1.0.0
''almond-eyed shadow'': Celan uses the synonym of bitter almonds for the Jews and referring to the custom of eating a bitter food at the Passover - Pesach - table, elsewhere says ‘Make me bitter, count me among the almonds.’