An August Night
His hands were small and warm and knowledgeable.
When I saw them again last night, they were two ferrets,
Playing all by themselves in a moonlit field.
Seamus Heaney - Seeing Things
(Le personnage de Musil voit sa mère morte venir à lui sous la forme d'un merle. Le poète reconnaît les mains de son père dans ces deux furets qui jouent au clair de lune).