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Vikram Seth
All you who sleep tonight
Gij allen die vannacht
Gij allen die vannachtVer van geliefden slaapt,
Waar u geen mens verwacht
Waar donkere leegt gaapt –
Weet: Gij zijt niet alleen.
De mensheid deelt uw nood,
Soms voor een dag of één,
En soms tot aan de dood.
© Vertaling: 1992, Ko Kooman
All you who sleep tonight
Far from the ones you love,
No hands to left or right,
And emptiness above –
Know that you aren’t alone.
The whole world shares your tears,
Some for two nights or one,
And some for all their years.
Far from the ones you love,
No hands to left or right,
And emptiness above –
Know that you aren’t alone.
The whole world shares your tears,
Some for two nights or one,
And some for all their years.
© 1992, Vikram Seth
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All you who sleep tonight
All you who sleep tonightFar from the ones you love,
No hands to left or right,
And emptiness above –
Know that you aren’t alone.
The whole world shares your tears,
Some for two nights or one,
And some for all their years.
All you who sleep tonight
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