Ich atme den Abend ein Küsse Dich in kleinen Mengen Du bist mein Abendwein Antwortest mit kleinen Klängen Nach so vielen rauen Tagen, Sollen wir nun Gute Nacht sagen Der Welt und all ihrem Unbehagen? Gute Nacht, dunkle Nacht, Du hast den Mond in mir entfacht. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
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LONGING WITHOUT BELONGING
Half me half you I became because of you Neither me nor you I remain and so do you If I became fully me And you became fully you Would there be any similarity Between me and you? For the urge that binds us Is the urge than divides us We are similar in longing But dissimilar in belonging. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
MEINE SPRACHE SPRICHST DU
Meine Sprache sprichst Du nicht Dennoch verstehst Du mich besser Als alle, die tragen mein Gesicht, Denn Empfindung ist ein Messer, Das durchschneidet jedes Gewicht Mit Schärfe unwiderstehlicher Kraft - Du kapierst in meinem jeden Gedicht Die dahinter schreiende Botschaft. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
DON’T HURT
The things that should hurt Don’t hurt, why not? I thought I cared a little - I guess a little is not a lot. In the private part of the public, What a plot dem a plot; In the public part of the private, I’ll continue to get shot. I have seen through it all, Through us all and through our rot. Even as I strive, faith in God is the only thing I’ve truly got. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
POEMS FROM THE INNER RIVER
It’s flowing beside me, the inner river, and I’m fishing poems from it everyday. This project is the English parallel to “Das Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung”, also to be found daily on this blog.
Live while you’re alive, Che.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
26.05.2025
EINE PERSÖNLICHE SUCHE
So, wie die Menschheit heute ist, kann sie unmöglich sich selbst überleben. Nur Gott weiß, nur Gott kann, nur Gott ist in der Lage, uns die Heilung zu geben. Aber wer weiß denn noch, wer Er ist oder was Er ist oder wo Er ist oder wie Er ist? Wer schämt sich nicht, darnach zu streben? Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
IN YOUR WORLD
In your world I’m weird I write poems everyday Money to me is not wealth Politics is an illusion they play Religions are superficial God is different from what they say Intimacy is often artificial Your way is not my way I don’t attach, I don’t detach I seem to neither go nor stay And yet somehow I still touch You much deeper than they. Che Chidi Chukwumerije
EIN TAG ZUHAUSE
Ein Tag Zuhause fühlt sich manchmal wie ein Es-war-einmal an Ein anderes Zuhause fern fern fern von hier rückt fühlbar näher ran… Ein Tag Zuhause wie im Paradiesgarten der Dich neu starten kann. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
OUR MINDS
Boarding another person’s Train of thoughts… What a ride. Places and passengers of all sorts - It’s hard to know At which station to jump off Before you go mad Without missing all the good stuff. Che Chidi Chukwumerije
THE DEEP DEEP MOMENTS
The Deep Deep Moments – Che Chidi
Which is worse, to lose your job
Or to lose your integrity?
Well one day you might have
To make that choice…
Now which would you choose,
To be employed or to be yourself?
If one day you just had
To make that choice
‘Cause the deep deep moments in human life
Will come upon you every once in a while
The deep deep moments in human life
Will come upon you every once in a while
Nobody can advice you,
It is your own path
It is your own destiny
And one day you’re gonna have to make that choice…
Nobody should stand before such a choice
Yet everybody will face it
Some day, somewhere,
Somehow…
The deep deep moments in human life
Will come upon you every once in a while
The deep deep moments in human life
Will come upon you every once in a while
(whistle / hum / sax)
May be your job, may be your blood
Your best friend, your husband or your wife
One day something important will stand between you
And the values in your life
The deep deep moments in human life
Will come upon you every once in a while
I say, the deep deep moments in human life
Will come upon you every once in a while
They will come upon you, they will come upon you
They will come upon you every once in a while.
I say they will come upon you, they will come upon you
They will come upon you every once in a while.
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