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Mark Boog

SO WITHOUT WORRY ARE WE

So without worry are we,
making this house a place of refuge,
following with just a glance
the birds outside (worries become flesh),
that it seems as if it must be so –

that it’s untrue, over which there is
no need to even cross swords,
doesn’t mean to say it is allowed.

It does, however, mean that we are here,
and that the birds fly as birds do,
and that nothing tangible bars our happiness.

ZO ZONDER ZORGEN ZITTEN WIJ

ZO ZONDER ZORGEN ZITTEN WIJ

Zo zonder zorgen zitten wij,
dit huis tot toevluchtsoord makend,
de vogels buiten (vleesgeworden zorgen)
met een half oog volgend,
dat het lijkt alsof het zijn moet –

dat het onwaar is, waarover niet eens
de degens gekruist behoeven te worden,
betekent nog niet dat het zijn mág.

Wel betekent het dat we hier zitten,
en dat de vogels vliegen zoals vogels doen,
en dat niets tastbaars ons geluk in de weg staat.
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SO WITHOUT WORRY ARE WE

So without worry are we,
making this house a place of refuge,
following with just a glance
the birds outside (worries become flesh),
that it seems as if it must be so –

that it’s untrue, over which there is
no need to even cross swords,
doesn’t mean to say it is allowed.

It does, however, mean that we are here,
and that the birds fly as birds do,
and that nothing tangible bars our happiness.

SO WITHOUT WORRY ARE WE

So without worry are we,
making this house a place of refuge,
following with just a glance
the birds outside (worries become flesh),
that it seems as if it must be so –

that it’s untrue, over which there is
no need to even cross swords,
doesn’t mean to say it is allowed.

It does, however, mean that we are here,
and that the birds fly as birds do,
and that nothing tangible bars our happiness.
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