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Sabine Schiffner

hibiskus

  • 1 mumie | Translations: lt
  • 2 orangenmarmelade | Translations: enkaeslt
  • 3 wo mag denn nur mein christian sein | Translations: caeska
  • 4 aus der tiefe | Translations: caeneslt
  • 5 hibiskus | Translations: caenes
  • 6 melaten | Translations: enittr
  • 7 am treppenende | Translations: kalt
  • 8 du heller herbst | Translations: enittr
  • 9 wanderlust | Translations: enka
  • 10 mit voller wonne | Translations: caenesittr
Language: german
Translations: catalan (hibisc), english (hibiscus), spanish (hibisco)
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hibiskus

ich möchte wach sein aber
du musst schlafen
du hörst heut abend tango sagst das
wäre die musik nach der dir ist und mich
verlangt es mehr nach stille
und als wir tanzen wollen
trittst du mir immer wieder auf die füße
du schwärmst von duftend und
weißblühendem jasmin
ich hör die mutter klagen über ihn
ich stecke mir hibiskus an
du hasst dies blumen brechen
wo es doch blumen gibt aus plastik und
aus seide
ich les ein buch und du
schlägst deines zu
du sagst das rot auf deinen lippen
steht dir nicht ich geh und wisch es fort
ich zieh ein leichtes weiß über und seh dir an
du denkst mir würde schwarz viel besser stehn
doch du sagst nichts der tag ist lang
beklommen vergehen die stunden
den hibiskus tu
bitte in den müll sagst du
die blüten machen mich allergisch
vor allem in geschlossenen räumen
du legst dich ins bett du brauchst deine ruh
ich bin ganz wach und du beginnst zu träumen

© Sabine Schiffner
From: Dschinn. Gedichte.
Frankfurt : Fischer, 2007
ISBN: ISBN 978-3-10-070211-1.
Audio production: Haus für Poesie / 2019
Categories: life & relationship, gender & sexuality, love, relationship conflict, Dream, music, theater & dance, plants

Translations:

Language: catalan

hibisc

m’agradaria estar despert però
tu necessites dormir
de nit escoltes un tango i em dius que
és la teva música favorita però jo
preferiria el silenci
i quan ballem
trepitges sempre els meus peus
t’entusiasmes amb
la fragància del gessamí de flors blanques
sento com la mare se’n queixa
em poso l’hibisc
odies collir flors
on tanmateix hi ha flors de plàstic i de seda
llegeixo un llibre i
tu tanques el teu
dius que el vermell dels teus llavis
no és bonic
vull esborrar-lo
em poso un vestit blanc i lleuger i veig que
penses que un de negre m’aniria millor
però no dius res el dia és llarg
angoixat passen les hores
dius per favor
llança l’hibisc als fems
i les flors em fan al·lèrgia
sobretot en espais tancats
te’n vas al llit necessites la teva calma
estic ben desperta i comences a somiar

Traducció: Rosa Planas
Language: english

hibiscus

when I want to be awake
you’d rather sleep
tonight you listen to a tango
saying how great it is but I’d
rather be quiet
and when we get up to dance
you keep stepping on my feet
you rave over the scent
of white jasmine
I hear mother complaining
I put out hibiscus
you hate cut flowers
and prefer flowers
made from plastic or silk
I read a book
and you close yours up
you say the red on my lips
doesn’t suit me and I go to wipe it off
I slip into a white dress and I can
see you thinking that black would be better
but you don’t say anything all day
time drags by uneasily
then you stuff the hibiscus
into the garbage saying
the flowers make you allergic
particularly in closed rooms
you hit the sack needing your sleep
I’m awake and you begin to dream

Translation by Paul Archer,
http://paularcher.net/translations/sabine_schiffner/hibiscus.html
Language: spanish

hibisco

quiero estar despierta pero
tú deseas dormir
por la noche pones música de tango
dices que te gusta tanto pero
ahora yo prefiero el silencio
y cuando intentamos bailar
me pisas los pies una vez y otra
te encanta la fragancia
de las flores de jazmín
oigo el retintín de mamá
me pongo una flor de hibisco
tú odias las flores cortadas
donde hay tantas de plástico
y seda
yo empiezo a leer un libro
y tú
cierras el tuyo
me dices el carmín en tus labios
no te favorece
voy y lo borro enseguida
me pongo un ligero vestido blanco y tú
piensas que el negro me sentaría mejor
aunque no lo dices el día es largo
inquietas pasan las horas
quieres tirar a la basura
el hibisco
las flores
me dan alergia dices
en las habitaciones cerradas
te acuestas en la cama
dices que necesitas descanso
yo estoy bien despierta a tu lado
y veo que tú empiezas a soña

Traducción: José Luis de Juan
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photo © Kerstin Nieke
* 24.09.1965, Germany
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  • Kindbettfieber

    Roman

    Frankfurt: Fischer, 2005

  • Male

    Gedichte

    Springe: Zu Klampen, 2006

  • Dschinn

    Gedichte

    Frankfurt: Fischer, 2007

  • Frühling lässt sein blaues Band

    Geschichten und Gedichte zum Frühling

    Frankfurt: Fischer, 2009

  • fremd gedanken

    LYRIKPAPYRI

    Berlin: Edition Voss/Horlemann Verlag, 2013

  • super ach

    Düsseldorf: Virgenes Verlag, 2018

Awards
  • 2004 Martha-Saalfeld-Förderpreis des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz

  • 2005 Literaturpreis der Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung

  • 2014 Ehrengabe der Deutschen Schillerstiftung

  • Aufenthaltsstipendien in Ahrenshoop (2001), Schloss Wiepersdorf (2004), Raketenstation Hombroich (2004), Villa Aurora, L.A. (2006), Writer´s house in Tiflis (2018

  • 2002 Bremer Literaturstipendium

  • 2012 Scriptoriumstipendium der Stadt Köln

  • 2014 Arbeitsstipendium der Kulturstiftung Sparkasse Köln/Bonn

  • 2007 Arbeitsstipendium der Kunststiftung NRW

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