I'd like to name the names of all that host  
 but they snatched up the list and now it's lost.  
 I've woven them a garment that's prepared  
 out of poor words, those that I overheard,  
 and will hold fast to every word and glance  
 all of my days, even in new mischance.
Requiem (1935–40) (translated by Stanley Kunitz and Max Hayward)























