Die Fremde meine Heimat

Immer von neuem sterben
und auferstehn

Die Fremde meine Heimat
Unbekannte meine Geschwister

Ich bin eine Tote
die lebt
und das Leben liebt

Rose Ausländer (1901 - 1988)

English:
Dying time after time
and rising again

Foreign parts my home
Strangers my brothers and sisters

I died
and am alive
in love with life

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