Questions of a reading worker
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English
Who built seven-doored Thebes?
In the books are the names of kings.
Did the kings haul the rocks?
And Babylon, many times destroyed-
who built it up these many times? In which houses
of golden-gleaming Lima did the construction
workers live?
In the evening,
when the Chinese wall was finished,
where did the masons go?
The great Rome is full of triumphal arches.
Who erected them?
Who did the caesars triumph over?
Did the many-sung Byzantium
have only palaces for its inhabitants?
Even in legendary Atlantis,
the night the sea vanquished it,
did the drowning cry for their slaves.
The young Alexander conquered India.
He alone?
Caesar defeated the gauls.
Didn't he have at least a cook with him?
Philip of Spain cried after his fleet had sunk.
Did no one else cry?
Frederick the Second was victorious in the Seven Year war.
Who won besides him?
Every page a victory.
Who cooked the victory feast?
Every ten years a great man.
Who paid his expenses?
So many reports.
So many questions.
Authorship
Translation from German to English copyright © 2006 by Knut W. Barde, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. Please contact the copyright-holder when requesting permission to reprint.
Based on
Text added to the website: 2006-04-07.
Notes about green, red, and white dots

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