Lasciate ogni speranza
Voi ch'entrate
abandon all hope
ye who enter here
the inscription at the entrance to the inferno
of Dante's Divine Comedy
courage!
behind that gate
there is no hell
hell has been dismantled
by theologians
and deep psychologists
converted into allegory
for humanitarian and educational
reasons
courage!
behind that gate
the same thing begins again
two drunken grave-diggers
sit at the edge of a hole
they're drinking non-alcoholic beer
and munching on sausage
winking at us
under the cross
they play soccer
with Adam's skull
the hole awaits
tomorrow's corpse
the "stiff" is on its way
courage!
here we will await
the final judgment
water gathers in the hole
cigarette butts are floating in it
courage!
behind that gate
there will neither be history
nor goodness nor poetry
and what will there be
dear stranger?
there will be stones
stone
upon stone
stone upon stone
and on that stone
one more
stone
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Wow! marvellous poem............!