Paul Celan reads "Todesfuge" CC Dansk Dutch Eng. Españ. Franç. Ital. Portug. Rus (русский) Türk

A great, terrifying poem of the 20th century. The exact date of composition is unknown, it could have been written as early as 1944. It forms a denial of the much debated pronouncement of the German philosopher Adorno: "To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric." (1949) It was for me a deep shock to read (and realize) that the 'black milk' might stand for the black smoke coming day and night out of the crematorium chimneys in the German concentration and extermination camps.
At 1:13 Celan reads "Er ruft stecht tiefer ins Erdreich ihr einen ihr andern spielt weiter zum Tanz auf ", probably to avoid the repetition 2 lines further, in other versions of the poem it reads: "Er ruft stecht tiefer ins Erdreich ihr einen ihr andern singet und spielt " (the original title of the poem was Todestango).
The four piano tones at the end of the video form the beginning of Bach's fugue in C-sharp minor. The photo shows a crematorium chimney of Auschwitz.
Paul Celan (23 November 1920 - c. 20 April 1970) was a Romanian poet and translator. He was born as Paul Antschel into a Jewish family in the former Kingdom of Romania (now Ukraine). He changed his name to 'Paul Celan'. His mother was an avid reader of German literature who insisted German be the language of the house. He became one of the major German-language poets of the post-World War II era. (Wikipedia)
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[@squonk62]

Absolut die beste Lesung seines Textes für mich...

[@sooyounkim4137]

전영애 교수님 덕분에 알게된 분, 파울 첼란그의 낭송을 들을 수 있어 행운이군요. 감사합니다.

[@eriktrips]

So it may be that Celan did not write Todesfuge *after* Auschwitz but while Auschwitz was still operating as a death camp. Which might be a technicality with which to avoid Adorno's edict or it might pose a question as to how immediate a voice can be. In this case the voice is a poem but it may or may not employ metaphor so much as the closest description that language--the German langauge at that--could provide of the interminable shock of "that which happened" while it was still happening.
And afterward? A kind of silence for which Celan continued to demand that language bear witness. Impossible, but his work is one insistent stitch after another. I keep waiting for it to bind silence and speech together without betraying the silence, or rather that which survives only in silence.
Thank you for posting this.

[@lacegueradeborges8107]

¡Se agradece muchísimo!

[@petersu9397]

Was soll man noch sagen? Was für ein Text!

[@joanfordham1305]

Vielen vielen Dank do scharf ist es

[@alwinahuck8594]

die Stimme und die Aussprache wie von heute - nur präzieser

[@canko15]

He must have suffered a lot writing and reading this aloud, remembering his family..

[@pekibuzz]

Danke. 🌹

[@volmircardosopereira]

Muito obrigado.

[@betapicts]

O prazer é meu

[@stormancatcroga593]

Takes..the breath..away...

[@ProgRockDan1]

Paul Celan so fantastic

[@mary.artttt]

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[@betapicts]

huh???

[@dave2071]

це сталося в Україні. чому немає субтитрів українською?

[@helegis]

Пауль Целан виноват, что субтитров нет...

[@kamchonfai]

Can anyone tell me what is the music for the very last few seconds?

[@betapicts]

just read the info box below the video

[@vuvietdung1996]

wir drinken und drinken und drinken