Daniela Danz

Out of area: Jagdhaus zur güldenen Füchsin

Language: german

Translations: russian (За флажками: охотничий домик «У золотой лисицы»), english (Out of Area: Hunting House to the Golden Vixen)

Out of area: Jagdhaus zur güldenen Füchsin

September die Schatten liegen wie gestapelt
hinter der Remise
wir haben uns verschanzt denn wieder
war es sinnlos was wir riefen: Parolen
wie Ostern Neunundneunzig da wars als
hörten wir die Hunde kläffen - die schöne Füchsin
sahn wir rasch zum Staatswald wechseln
parole erinnerte entfernt an königliche Jagden
im Wald von Fontainebleau dem alten
Bündniswald und hier das alte Grenzgebiet
war lang geräumt es fiel auch lang kein Schuß
kein Gegner für die NATO mehr auf grüner Heid
die kapitalen Hirsche trugen Luftmatratzen
auf den Enden es war noch Zeit
die Selbstauflösung abzuwenden

Wir treten leis in die Remise und rücken
was dort rostet vorsichtig ins rechte Licht
ein Scheppern ungespannter Tellereisen
schreckt uns auf: die Füchsin
im Herbstlicht flüchtig ihre Farbe
im Rauschen von der Bundesstraße
ein Knall - wir halten still
die Füchsin steht jetzt zwischen uns in der Remise
unverletzt und leuchtend wie September
als wir hofften
es ließe manches sich noch ändern

Translations:

Language: russian

За флажками: охотничий домик «У золотой лисицы»

сентябрь тени свалены штабелями –
там где старый каретный сарай
мы отступили на позиции – снова
нет смысла шуметь: все эти явки-пароли
на Пасху в девяносто девятом -
в ушах лай собак – вдруг почудилось
быстрый промельк лисицы в общественный лес
parole смутно напомнило гон королевский
в лесу Фонтенбло – старый приятель
лес зачищен давно без единого выстрела
нет больше у НАТО врагов в нашей пустыне

а было время взять самоотвод
пока на демонстрации олени
тащили пафосно надутые матрацы

мы тихо заходим в сарай подвигая
что там ржавеет к свету
лязг невзведенных капканов
вдруг нас пугает: это лиса
ее цветное пятно в свете осени
как треск моторов в гудении федеральной
трассы – мы замерли
лиса стоит в сарае между нами
живая солнечная как тот сентябрь
когда у нас была еще надежда
что можно многое переменить

Language: english

Out of Area: Hunting House to the Golden Vixen

September the shadows lie as if piled up

behind the carriage house

we barricaded ourselves in because once again

what we were shouting was pointless:

slogans like at Easter ‘ninety-nine then

we heard the dogs yapping—we saw

the beautiful vixen crossing quickly into the state forest

parole dimly recalled royal hunts

in the forest of Fontainebleau that old

forest of the alliance and here for a long time

the border regions were cleared and for a long time not a shot

was fired no opponents for NATO anymore on the green heath

the capital stags carried air mattresses

upright there was still time

to avert self-destruction

quietly we step into the carriage house and carefully

move what is rusting there into the correct light

a clattering of unset steel traps

startles us: the vixen

her color fleeting in the autumn light

a bang cuts the roaring

from the highway—we hold still

now the vixen stands between us in the carriage house

unharmed and as radiant

as the September when we had hope

that many things might change

Daniela Danz

* 05.09.1976, Eisenach, Germany
lives in: Kranichfeld, Germany

Daniela Danz was born on September 5, 1976 in Eisenach. She studied History of Art and German Studies in Tübingen (under Paul Hoffman among others), Prague, Berlin, Leipzig and Halle (Saale) and wrote her masters’ thesis on „Krankenhauskirchenbau der Weimarer Republik“ (‘Building of hospital churches in Weimar Republic’) upon graduation.

She pursued a teaching position in Osnabrück. From 2003 till 2010, she worked as a Kunstinventarisatorin at the Evangelical church. Today, Danz lives as a freelance writer in Kranichfeld and teaches at Hildesheim University. Since 2013, she is also Head of the Schillerhaus in Rudolstadt.

Danz’ written works include poetry, prose, essays and children’s literature. Besides that she collaborates with composers to add music to some of her works and to translate them in other languages. Her work deals with the classical forms and antique stuff, like the epic of Homer or the Ovids Metamorphosen. From here, Danz transitioned to experimenting with recent history, for e.g. World War II and the current socio-political topics like migration. Florian Illies certified Danz as having a flair for the oppressive presence of history.

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