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Willem van Toorn
The poem
So you may never pass from sightinside the poem I hold you tight –
the way you walk, the way you lie,
the way your body speaks to me.
In centuries still to be
a face alive and reading might
be bending, the better to see,
over the poem, the words I write
to put you down in black and white.
Het gedicht
Het gedicht
Opdat je nooit vergaatdoe ik je in het gedicht:
hoe je loopt, hoe je ligt,
hoe je lichaam tegen me praat.
Eeuwen hiervandaan
leest een levende het wellicht –
aandachtig gebogen gezicht
boven de woorden. Ik dicht
je dat het gedrukt staat.
© 1985, Querido
From: Gulliver & andere gedichten
Publisher: Querido,
From: Gulliver & andere gedichten
Publisher: Querido,
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The poem
So you may never pass from sightinside the poem I hold you tight –
the way you walk, the way you lie,
the way your body speaks to me.
In centuries still to be
a face alive and reading might
be bending, the better to see,
over the poem, the words I write
to put you down in black and white.
From: Gulliver & andere gedichten
The poem
So you may never pass from sightinside the poem I hold you tight –
the way you walk, the way you lie,
the way your body speaks to me.
In centuries still to be
a face alive and reading might
be bending, the better to see,
over the poem, the words I write
to put you down in black and white.
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