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“Apretad, oh apretad sobre el día de la destrucción sobre la tierra el oído en escucha, y oiréis, a través del sueño oiréis como en la muerte comienza la vida.”

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Nelly Sachs
Nelly Sachs

Nelly Sachs was a German-born Jewish poet renowned for her profound poetic works. Born on December 10, 1891, in Leipzig, Germany, she passed away on May 12, 1970, in Sweden. Sachs' poetry was deeply influenced by Jewish culture and German Romanticism, expressing profound reflections on history, memory, and human suffering. more

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“La poesía tiene que ser escuchada con lo que traiga, y eso implica ponerse inocente, tierna, como si se escuchara música, como si se viera un sueño, como si se oliera un aroma. Poetry needs to be listened to with whatever it brings, and this means listening with all your innocence, tenderly, as if you were listening to music, as if you were journeying in a dream, as if you were smelling a scent.”