Quote:
Death is a master from Germany, his eye is blue he hits you with a leaden bullet he hits you exactly a man lives in the house of your golden hair Margarete he incites his males on us he gives us a grave in the air he plays with the snakes and dreams of death is a master Germany your golden hair Margarete your ashen hair Sulamith
Source:
"Todesfuge", The sand from the urns 1968.
Author Bio:
Ukraine, Paul Celan, 1968
Paul Celan was a Jewish German-speaking poet who was born in Chernivtsi (today Ukraine) in 1920.
Context:
His name was originally Paul Antschel, later Romanized Ancel, from which the anagram Celan arose. Paul Celan is considered one of the most important German-speaking poets of the 20th century.
Further Reading:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?view=detail&mid=C320A35F78FE11C8B585C320A35F78FE11C8B585&q=celan todesfuge&shtp=GetUrl&shid=37b84559-bfd1-4955-9ba9-eadaf1ac5301&shtk=UGF1bCBDZWxhbiBUb2Rlc2Z1Z2U%3D&shdk=TWl0IGRlbiBHZW1DJGxkZW4gZGVzIERldXRzY2hlbiBNYWxlcnMgQW5zZWxtIEtpZWZlciBiZWdsZWl0ZXQuIEluIDE5NDUgZ2Vib3JlbiwgZ2VoQzZydCBkZXIgTWFsZXIgenUgZGVyIE5hY2hrcmllZ3NnZW5lcmF0aW9uIGRldXRzY2hlbiBLQw%3D%3D&shhk=wRLqtYJqIY6rCsR61rcVpXEO91b%2Brt61wW8g3YcyEJY%3D&form=VDSHOT&shth=OVP.RicxtTPiJF_otPWFSVbcHgEsDh
Year:
1908