Kirsch, Sarah

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CutBank Volume 1 Issue 14 CutBank 14 Article 22 Spring 1980 The Dshwari Cloister Ruins translated by Elizabeth Weber Sarah Kirsch Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cutbank  Part of the Creative Writing Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits you. Recommended Citation Kirsch, Sarah (1980) "The Dshwari Cloister Ruins translated by Elizabeth Weber," CutBank: Vol. 1 : Iss. 14 , Article 22. Available at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cutbank/vol1/iss14/22 This Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in CutBank by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact scholarworks@mso.umt.edu. Sarah KirschTHE DSHW ARI CLOISTER RUINSThe brown m onks m arch like geese They are very old, only their voices Are beautiful a band bursting forth  They chant at the drop  of a bu tton  they are still.Here they wait, feet motionless liftedUntil the peasant lets their m ouths sing againHands inserted in sleevesThey go like swallows through the eighth nestUntil evening comes, the time of wine They sleep in drunk spools The abbot on his high stool Counts kopeks in the hollow of a stone.translated by Elizabeth Weber41

The Dshwari Cloister Ruins translated by Elizabeth Weber

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