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Sonja Prins

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the main thing in the voice of the animals
is encouragement
the role of mother-ancestor
cooing to the little ones

the prehistoric crowd of primeval sapiens and birds
had already started with cries
and found its fate and overwhelming force
in reverberations

yet the main thing were the intonations 
that were needed
to either enter love
or cheer on the infants

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het voornaamste in de stem van de dieren
is de aanmoediging
de moeder-voorgangerrol
het gekir tegen de kleinen

de prehistorische menigte van oer-sapiens en vogels
begon toen al wel met gekrijs
en vond zijn lot en overweldigende kracht
in de weergalming

maar het voornaamste waren toch de intonaties
die nodig waren
om of de liefde te betreden
of het klein grut moed te geven

Sonja Prins

Sonja Prins

(The Netherlands, 1912 - 2009)

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the main thing in the voice of the animals
is encouragement
the role of mother-ancestor
cooing to the little ones

the prehistoric crowd of primeval sapiens and birds
had already started with cries
and found its fate and overwhelming force
in reverberations

yet the main thing were the intonations 
that were needed
to either enter love
or cheer on the infants

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the main thing in the voice of the animals
is encouragement
the role of mother-ancestor
cooing to the little ones

the prehistoric crowd of primeval sapiens and birds
had already started with cries
and found its fate and overwhelming force
in reverberations

yet the main thing were the intonations 
that were needed
to either enter love
or cheer on the infants

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