Last Toast

I drink for the pillaged house
And my angry life,
For being alone together
And for you;
For the lips betrayal,
For the dead chills of eyes,
For the world's cruelty and void
And for not being saved by God.

July 27. 1934

Translated by Tatiana Pahlen
January 31, 2005

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