…The earth trembles, trembles
Trembles with cold?
Trembles with rage?
Or with fear? Or with hunger?
The earth trembles, trembles
Like a drunkard? Or someone drugged?
The earth trembles with terror
With terror at Man
At the science of Man
At the wickedness of Man
The earth trembles, trembles, trembles.
March 1968.
Translated by Lenora Timm