UNIT-2 LS.5 ASLEEP – ERNST JANDL

Lesson No :5                                                                            Unit  -II

 

Asleep

•                      -Ernst Jandl

 

Translated from German by Michael Hamburger

 

He came across a tree.

He built his house beneath it.

Out of the tree he cut

himself a stick.

The stick became his lance.

The lance became his rifle.

The rifle became a gun.

The gun became a bomb.

The bomb hit his house and ripped

up the tree by the roots.

He stood there wondering

But he didn’t wake up.

 

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