Poem
Jeroen Theunissen
A SWEETHEART
My sweetheart washed flowerswith wood and with stones,
she danced a larger step
downstairs.
Baked her clothes
from dough, in ovens,
crept in my fingers
as in the stacks of the past.
Oh, were she as quiet
as the engravings of walls
are with the mortar at home.
But she begs for soap
and for washing and neighbours
and a film on the goggle-box.
© Translation: 2010, Astrid Alben
Publisher: First published on PIW, , 2010
Publisher: First published on PIW, , 2010
EEN LIEF
EEN LIEF
Mijn lief waste bloemen
met hout en met stenen,
zij danste een grotere trap
naar beneden.
Bakte in ovens
haar kleren van deeg,
kroop in mijn vingers
als in hoopjes verleden.
Ach, was ze zo stil
als de prenten van muren
met de mortel in huis.
Maar ze smeekt om zeep
en om afwas en buren
en een film op de buis.
© 2009, Jeroen Theunissen
From: Het zit zo
Publisher: Meulenhoff-Manteau, Antwerp
From: Het zit zo
Publisher: Meulenhoff-Manteau, Antwerp
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A SWEETHEART
My sweetheart washed flowerswith wood and with stones,
she danced a larger step
downstairs.
Baked her clothes
from dough, in ovens,
crept in my fingers
as in the stacks of the past.
Oh, were she as quiet
as the engravings of walls
are with the mortar at home.
But she begs for soap
and for washing and neighbours
and a film on the goggle-box.
© 2010, Astrid Alben
From: Het zit zo
Publisher: 2010, First published on PIW, Antwerp
From: Het zit zo
Publisher: 2010, First published on PIW, Antwerp
A SWEETHEART
My sweetheart washed flowerswith wood and with stones,
she danced a larger step
downstairs.
Baked her clothes
from dough, in ovens,
crept in my fingers
as in the stacks of the past.
Oh, were she as quiet
as the engravings of walls
are with the mortar at home.
But she begs for soap
and for washing and neighbours
and a film on the goggle-box.
© 2010, Astrid Alben
Publisher: 2010, First published on PIW,
Publisher: 2010, First published on PIW,
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