Poem
Anna Enquist
PAVANE
Round, choral, sonata. The notesare bricks to build yourself a home:
the sarabande, your heartbeat, your breath.
The pavane fits like skin, the requiem
forms a harmonious carpet. No house
is sturdier, no structure of time more solid.
She too had papered her walls
with music. On the street, surrounded
by uproar and stench, was she cradled by song?
Pergolesi and Prince. Cushioned
by cobblestones she sank,
safe and warm, in her cage of sound.
© Translation: 2013, David Colmer
PAVANE
PAVANE
Canon, sonate, koraal. Je bouwtvan geluid een vertrouwde woning;
de sarabande je hartslag, je adem.
De pavane past je als huid, het requiem
vormt een harmonisch tapijt. Geen huis
hechter, geen steviger bouwsel van tijd.
Ook zij had met muziek haar wanden
behangen. Werd ze op straat, tussen
herrie en stank, door liedjes gewiegd?
Pergolesi en Prince. Op de zachte
matras van de stenen verging ze,
veilig en warm, in een kooi van klank.
© 2013, Anna Enquist
From: Een kooi van klank
Publisher: Stichting CPNB & Poetry International, Amsterdam
From: Een kooi van klank
Publisher: Stichting CPNB & Poetry International, Amsterdam
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PAVANE
Round, choral, sonata. The notesare bricks to build yourself a home:
the sarabande, your heartbeat, your breath.
The pavane fits like skin, the requiem
forms a harmonious carpet. No house
is sturdier, no structure of time more solid.
She too had papered her walls
with music. On the street, surrounded
by uproar and stench, was she cradled by song?
Pergolesi and Prince. Cushioned
by cobblestones she sank,
safe and warm, in her cage of sound.
© 2013, David Colmer
From: Een kooi van klank
From: Een kooi van klank
PAVANE
Round, choral, sonata. The notesare bricks to build yourself a home:
the sarabande, your heartbeat, your breath.
The pavane fits like skin, the requiem
forms a harmonious carpet. No house
is sturdier, no structure of time more solid.
She too had papered her walls
with music. On the street, surrounded
by uproar and stench, was she cradled by song?
Pergolesi and Prince. Cushioned
by cobblestones she sank,
safe and warm, in her cage of sound.
© 2013, David Colmer
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