Poem
Christophe Tarkos
THE EGG
This is the story of a chicken that is no bigger than an egg. She grew normally until she was the size of an egg. No problem, she is not more embarrassed, she is not more afraid, a chicken that is no bigger than an egg runs no bigger risk of getting eaten by a predator than another.The chicken that is no bigger than an egg is not afraid of anything, she knows no fear, she has everything going for her, she is beautiful. As a chick she was already as big as an egg. As she grew up, she developed and changed, she saw her forms change form and her colours change colour. She grew into a beautiful little chicken that is no bigger than an egg. She stayed as big as she was, she fitted in an egg, she still fits in an egg, the beautiful little chicken that is no bigger than an egg. As small as she is, she is enchanting with the forms and colours of a big chicken that is no bigger than an egg. She lays an egg that is no smaller than an egg, as big as a chicken's egg. She has every charm going for her.
Her chicks are no bigger shan she is. They grow up, they change, they stay the size of an egg. She is beautiful, the laying-hen, the little smiling chicken with her orange-red and gold-red colours. As a chicken she had been yellow, pale yellow, while she was still in the egg. She grew up and she changed, she became so beautiful with those glowing red colours of hers, ever so beautiful and ever so small as to fit forever in an egg. A yellowish, off-white egg. The chicken that is no bigger than an egg is orange-red and round. When she sleeps she looks like a red egg.
© Translation: 1997, Ko Kooman and Michael O\'Loughlin
HET EI
Dit is het verhaal van een kip die niet groter is dan een ei. Ze groeide heel normaal op tot ze de omvang had van een ei. Niets aan de hand, ze schaamt zich niet méér, ze is niet banger, een kip die niet groter is dan een ei loopt niet méér risico om door een roofdier te worden opgepeuzeld dan een andere. De kip die niet groter is dan een ei is nergens bang van, ze kent geen angst, alles spreekt voor haar, ze is mooi. Als kuiken was ze al even groot als een ei. Toen ze opgroeide, heeft ze zich ontwikkeld en werd anders, ze zag hoe haar vormen van vorm en haar kleuren van kleur veranderden. Ze is een mooi kippetje geworden dat niet groter is dan een ei. Ze is even groot gebleven als ze was, ze paste in een ei, ze past nog altijd in een ei, het mooie kippetje dat niet groter is dan een ei. Zo klein als ze is, is ze betoverend met de vormen en kleuren van een grote kip die niet groter is dan een ei. Ze legt een ei dat niet kleiner is dan een ei, even groot als een kippenei. Alle bekoorlijkheden spreken voor haar. Haar kuikentjes zijn niet groter dan zij. Ze groeien op, ze worden anders, ze behouden de omvang van een ei. Ze is mooi de leghen, de kleine glimlachende kip met haar oranjerode en goudrode kleuren. Als kuiken was ze geel, lichtgeel toen ze nog in het ei was. Ze groeide op, ze werd mooi met die roodgloeiende kleuren van haar, ze werd wel anders, o zo mooi en o zo klein om altijd te passen in een ei. Een gelig gebroken-wit ei. De kip die niet groter is dan een ei is oranjerood en rond. Wanneer ze slaapt lijkt ze op een rood ei.
© Vertaling: 1997, Jan H. Mysjkin
L\'Oeuf
C'est l'histoire d'une poule pas plus grosse qu'un oeuf. Elle a grandi normalement jusqu'à posséder une petite taille semblable à celle d'un oeuf. Cela n'est pas inquiétant, elle n'en éprouve ni plus de honte, ni plus de crainte, une poule pas plus grosse qu'un oeuf n'a pas plus de chance d'être croquée par un prédateur qu'une autre. La poule pas plus grosse qu'un oeuf ne craint rien, elle n'a pas peur, elle a tout pour elle, elle est belle. Poussin, elle avait déjà la taille d'un oeuf. En grandissant, elle s'est développée et a changé et s'est transformée, elle a vu ses couleurs se métamorphoser. Elle est devenue une petite poule jolie pas plus grosse qu'un oeuf. Elle a gardé la taille qu'elle avait, elle pouvait entrer dans un oeuf, elle entre encore dans un oeuf, la petite poule jolie pas plus grosse qu'un oeuf. Elle est séduisante avec sa petite taille et toutes ses couleurs et ses formes de grande poule pas plus grosse qu'un oeuf. Elle pond un oeuf pas plus petit qu'un oeuf, de la taille d'un oeuf de poule. Elle a tout pour plaire. Ses petite poussins ne sont pas plus grands qu'elle. Ils grandissent, ils se transforment, ils gardent la hauteur d'un oeuf. Elle est belle la pondeuse et la souriante petite poule avec ses rouges oranges et dorés. Elle était jaune, poussin, jaune clair quand elle était dans l'oeuf. Elle a grandi, elle est devenue jolie avec ses couleurs rougeoyantes, elle a bien changé, assez jolie et assez petite pour tenir toujours dans un oeuf. Un oeuf blanc crème, coquille. La poule pas plus grosse qu'un oeuf est rouge orange et ronde. Quand elle dort, elle ressemble à un oeuf rouge.
From: Morceaux choisis
Publisher: Éditions Les contemporains favoris, Arras
Publisher: Éditions Les contemporains favoris, Arras
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THE EGG
This is the story of a chicken that is no bigger than an egg. She grew normally until she was the size of an egg. No problem, she is not more embarrassed, she is not more afraid, a chicken that is no bigger than an egg runs no bigger risk of getting eaten by a predator than another.The chicken that is no bigger than an egg is not afraid of anything, she knows no fear, she has everything going for her, she is beautiful. As a chick she was already as big as an egg. As she grew up, she developed and changed, she saw her forms change form and her colours change colour. She grew into a beautiful little chicken that is no bigger than an egg. She stayed as big as she was, she fitted in an egg, she still fits in an egg, the beautiful little chicken that is no bigger than an egg. As small as she is, she is enchanting with the forms and colours of a big chicken that is no bigger than an egg. She lays an egg that is no smaller than an egg, as big as a chicken's egg. She has every charm going for her.
Her chicks are no bigger shan she is. They grow up, they change, they stay the size of an egg. She is beautiful, the laying-hen, the little smiling chicken with her orange-red and gold-red colours. As a chicken she had been yellow, pale yellow, while she was still in the egg. She grew up and she changed, she became so beautiful with those glowing red colours of hers, ever so beautiful and ever so small as to fit forever in an egg. A yellowish, off-white egg. The chicken that is no bigger than an egg is orange-red and round. When she sleeps she looks like a red egg.
© 1997, Ko Kooman and Michael O\'Loughlin
From: Morceaux choisis
From: Morceaux choisis
THE EGG
This is the story of a chicken that is no bigger than an egg. She grew normally until she was the size of an egg. No problem, she is not more embarrassed, she is not more afraid, a chicken that is no bigger than an egg runs no bigger risk of getting eaten by a predator than another.The chicken that is no bigger than an egg is not afraid of anything, she knows no fear, she has everything going for her, she is beautiful. As a chick she was already as big as an egg. As she grew up, she developed and changed, she saw her forms change form and her colours change colour. She grew into a beautiful little chicken that is no bigger than an egg. She stayed as big as she was, she fitted in an egg, she still fits in an egg, the beautiful little chicken that is no bigger than an egg. As small as she is, she is enchanting with the forms and colours of a big chicken that is no bigger than an egg. She lays an egg that is no smaller than an egg, as big as a chicken's egg. She has every charm going for her.
Her chicks are no bigger shan she is. They grow up, they change, they stay the size of an egg. She is beautiful, the laying-hen, the little smiling chicken with her orange-red and gold-red colours. As a chicken she had been yellow, pale yellow, while she was still in the egg. She grew up and she changed, she became so beautiful with those glowing red colours of hers, ever so beautiful and ever so small as to fit forever in an egg. A yellowish, off-white egg. The chicken that is no bigger than an egg is orange-red and round. When she sleeps she looks like a red egg.
© 1997, Ko Kooman and Michael O\'Loughlin
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