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            Erich Fried (1921-1988)
      Translated by Stuart Hood (1915- )

                          What It Is

First Line:   It is madness

The above poem was originally written in
German. Both the poem and translation are
protected by copyright and, as such, cannot
be displayed without permission of the
copyright holder. The translation can be
found in Hood's translation of Fried, Love
Poems
as well as in:

  • Bowen, Retta, Nick Temple, Nicholas
    Alberry, and Stephanie Weinreich, eds. Poem
    A Day: Volume 3
    . Hanover, New Hampshire:
    Steelforth Press, 2003.