Poem
Rogi Wieg
YOU
The problem with you isthat you’re dead,
that you can’t hear me
when I read this out, that you can’t
see what I see. But what
do you see then? How much insight
do you still have? For insight
is somehow a precondition for
something.
The problem with you is
not that great, it’s more
the problem of me.
Being is not aesthetics, but a
presence. Aesthetics is being remembered, ethereal
and deaf you use yourself up in the sunlight,
someone who reads and is young,
without being present. Fare you
well, though the word ‘you’ in
this sentence is
quite alien to me.
© Translation: 2007, Paul Vincent
Publisher: Poetry International Festival, Rotterdam, 2007
Publisher: Poetry International Festival, Rotterdam, 2007
Written after the death of my grandmother Nene in 1999.
JE
JE
Het probleem met je isdat je dood bent,
dat je me niet hoort
als ik dit voorlees, dat je
niet ziet wat ik zie.
Maar wat zie je dan?
Hoeveel inzicht heb je nog?
Want inzicht is ergens
een voorwaarde voor iets.
Het probleem met je is
niet zo groot, het is meer
het probleem van mij.
Zijn is niet een esthetiek, maar een
aanwezigheid. Esthetisch is worden herdacht,
ijl en doof maak je jezelf op in het zonlicht,
iemand die leest en jong is,
zonder aanwezig te zijn. Het
ga je goed, al is het woord
‘je’ in deze zin mij
volstrekt onbekend.
© 2007, Rogi Wieg
From: De kam
Publisher: De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam
From: De kam
Publisher: De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam
Geschreven na de dood van mijn grootmoeder Nene in 1999.
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YOU
The problem with you isthat you’re dead,
that you can’t hear me
when I read this out, that you can’t
see what I see. But what
do you see then? How much insight
do you still have? For insight
is somehow a precondition for
something.
The problem with you is
not that great, it’s more
the problem of me.
Being is not aesthetics, but a
presence. Aesthetics is being remembered, ethereal
and deaf you use yourself up in the sunlight,
someone who reads and is young,
without being present. Fare you
well, though the word ‘you’ in
this sentence is
quite alien to me.
© 2007, Paul Vincent
From: De kam
Publisher: 2007, Poetry International Festival, Rotterdam
From: De kam
Publisher: 2007, Poetry International Festival, Rotterdam
Written after the death of my grandmother Nene in 1999.
YOU
The problem with you isthat you’re dead,
that you can’t hear me
when I read this out, that you can’t
see what I see. But what
do you see then? How much insight
do you still have? For insight
is somehow a precondition for
something.
The problem with you is
not that great, it’s more
the problem of me.
Being is not aesthetics, but a
presence. Aesthetics is being remembered, ethereal
and deaf you use yourself up in the sunlight,
someone who reads and is young,
without being present. Fare you
well, though the word ‘you’ in
this sentence is
quite alien to me.
© 2007, Paul Vincent
Publisher: 2007, Poetry International Festival, Rotterdam
Publisher: 2007, Poetry International Festival, Rotterdam
Written after the death of my grandmother Nene in 1999.
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