Showing posts with label Leopold Staff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leopold Staff. Show all posts

Thursday, October 19, 2017

foundations








I built on the sand
And it tumbled down,
I built on a rock
And it tumbled down.
Now when I build, I shall begin
With the smoke from the chimney.



~ Leopold Staff
translated by Czeslaw Milosz

Saturday, October 27, 2012

foundations








I built on the sand
And it tumbled down.
I built on a rock
And it tumbled down.
Now when I build, I shall begin
With the smoke from the chimney.





~ Leopold Staff
translated by Czeslaw Milosz
from A Book of Luminous Things