Poem
Antjie Krog
WHERE I BECOME YOU (3.)
3.stars tongueblind and dying in gravitation
you come
heartstained and upwards
you come
your crystal breath
and the mouthclose sound of birds
stars tongueblind
stars dying
stars breathtakingly closest galactic sight
unwon I must become
unfastened
with wrists that can pile up stars
© Translation: 2009, Karen Press
WHERE I BECOME YOU (3.)
3.
sterre tongblind en sterwend in gravitasie
jy kom
hartbevlek en opwaarts
kom jy
jou asem van kristal
en die mondnabye geluid van voëls
sterre tongblind
sterre sterwend
sterre adembenemend as digsbysyndste galaktiese sig
onverworwe moet ek word
losgeknip
en sterstapelend van gewrig
sterre tongblind en sterwend in gravitasie
jy kom
hartbevlek en opwaarts
kom jy
jou asem van kristal
en die mondnabye geluid van voëls
sterre tongblind
sterre sterwend
sterre adembenemend as digsbysyndste galaktiese sig
onverworwe moet ek word
losgeknip
en sterstapelend van gewrig
© 2009, Antjie Krog
From: Waar ik jou word
Publisher: Poetry International / Uitgeverij Podium, Rotterdam / Amsterdam
From: Waar ik jou word
Publisher: Poetry International / Uitgeverij Podium, Rotterdam / Amsterdam
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WHERE I BECOME YOU (3.)
3.stars tongueblind and dying in gravitation
you come
heartstained and upwards
you come
your crystal breath
and the mouthclose sound of birds
stars tongueblind
stars dying
stars breathtakingly closest galactic sight
unwon I must become
unfastened
with wrists that can pile up stars
© 2009, Karen Press
From: Waar ik jou word
From: Waar ik jou word
WHERE I BECOME YOU (3.)
3.stars tongueblind and dying in gravitation
you come
heartstained and upwards
you come
your crystal breath
and the mouthclose sound of birds
stars tongueblind
stars dying
stars breathtakingly closest galactic sight
unwon I must become
unfastened
with wrists that can pile up stars
© 2009, Karen Press
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