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Martin Reints
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This is a tunnelnow that you’re here
you don’t know yet where you will be presently
and already no longer where you once were
for as long as it lasts
Shakespeare was here
and Moses, and Bai Juyi
they had a drill with them
just like you
and provisions
and a miner’s lamp.
© Translation: 2011, John Irons
Oponthoud
Oponthoud
Dit is een tunnelnu u hier bent
weet u nog niet waar u straks zult zijn
en al niet meer waar u eerst was
zolang het duurt
Shakespeare was hier
en Mozes, en Po Tsju I
ze hadden een drilboor bij zich
net als u
en leeftocht
en een mijnwerkerslamp.
© 2010, Martin Reints
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Publisher: De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam
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Publisher: De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam
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This is a tunnelnow that you’re here
you don’t know yet where you will be presently
and already no longer where you once were
for as long as it lasts
Shakespeare was here
and Moses, and Bai Juyi
they had a drill with them
just like you
and provisions
and a miner’s lamp.
© 2011, John Irons
From: Lopende zaken
From: Lopende zaken
Stay
This is a tunnelnow that you’re here
you don’t know yet where you will be presently
and already no longer where you once were
for as long as it lasts
Shakespeare was here
and Moses, and Bai Juyi
they had a drill with them
just like you
and provisions
and a miner’s lamp.
© 2011, John Irons
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