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    Hans Faverey

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    Something like a desert of his own:

    Something like a desert of his own:
    of this, man is made: uniform
    rose, on a uniform footing,
     
    leached bare − in order to withdraw
     
    from the dream into the light that
    comprises him; that without him
    will no longer let itself fall
    on the skin he now must wear.
    © Translation: 1994, Francis R. Jones
    From: Against the Forgetting
    Publisher: New Directions, New York, 2004

    Zoiets als een eigen woestijn:

    Zoiets als een eigen woestijn:
    daaruit bestaat de mens: eenparige
    roos, op eenparige voet,
     
    uitgeloogd: opdat hij terugtreedt
     
    uit de droom in het licht dat hem
    behelst; dat zich zonder hem
    niet langer laat vallen op de huid
    die hij thans aan moet.
    © 2010, Erven Hans Faverey
    From: Gedichten 1962-1990
    Publisher: De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam
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    Something like a desert of his own:

    Something like a desert of his own:
    of this, man is made: uniform
    rose, on a uniform footing,
     
    leached bare − in order to withdraw
     
    from the dream into the light that
    comprises him; that without him
    will no longer let itself fall
    on the skin he now must wear.
    © 1994, Francis R. Jones
    From: Against the Forgetting
    Publisher: 2004, New Directions, New York

    Something like a desert of his own:

    Something like a desert of his own:
    of this, man is made: uniform
    rose, on a uniform footing,
     
    leached bare − in order to withdraw
     
    from the dream into the light that
    comprises him; that without him
    will no longer let itself fall
    on the skin he now must wear.
    © 1994, Francis R. Jones
    From: Against the Forgetting
    Publisher: 2004, New Directions, New York
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