Poem
Martin Reints
Walk
It may beI’ve done this walk
tonight before
it may be that these surroundings have
often been in my memory before
for a short or a long while
but the track my feet are making
is not like the track my feet are following
the birds in the sky
are drunk on fermenting berries.
© Translation: 2011, John Irons
Wandeling
Wandeling
Het kan zijndat ik deze wandeling vannacht
ook al heb gemaakt
het kan zijn dat deze omgeving al vaker
in mijn geheugen is geweest
kortstondig of langdurig
maar het spoor dat mijn voeten maken
lijkt niet op het spoor dat mijn voeten volgen
de vogels in de lucht
zijn dronken van gistende bessen.
© 2005, Martin Reints
From: Ballade van de winstwaarschuwing
Publisher: De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam
From: Ballade van de winstwaarschuwing
Publisher: De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam
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Walk
It may beI’ve done this walk
tonight before
it may be that these surroundings have
often been in my memory before
for a short or a long while
but the track my feet are making
is not like the track my feet are following
the birds in the sky
are drunk on fermenting berries.
© 2011, John Irons
From: Ballade van de winstwaarschuwing
From: Ballade van de winstwaarschuwing
Walk
It may beI’ve done this walk
tonight before
it may be that these surroundings have
often been in my memory before
for a short or a long while
but the track my feet are making
is not like the track my feet are following
the birds in the sky
are drunk on fermenting berries.
© 2011, John Irons
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