Poem
Richard Minne
The new republic
The new republic is strong.Men write it on blank walls.
Schoolboys stare at it long
and sing an Anacreontic song.
The sun shoots up and falls
to pieces across the eaves.
Everyone, wonder of wonders,
is somehow involved in the deed.
When night falls on the square,
round a brasero, silly and warm,
a fashion seamstress dances
with a democratic gendarme.
© Translation: 1964, James S. Holmes
From: Delta: A review of arts life and thought in the Netherlands
Publisher: Delta, Amsterdam, 1964
From: Delta: A review of arts life and thought in the Netherlands
Publisher: Delta, Amsterdam, 1964
De jonge republiek
De jonge republiek
De jonge republiek is schoon.Men schrijft het op de blinde muren.
De schooljeugd staat er op te turen
en zingt een liedje van Anakreoon.
De zon rukt op en tuimelt
uiteen over de daken.
Wonder boven wonder: elkeen
heeft er iets mee te maken.
Des avonds op het plein,
rond een brasero, dwaas en warm,
Danst het kleine modistje met
een demokratischen gendarm.
© 1955, Richard Minne
From: In den zoeten inval en andere gedichten
Publisher: Van Oorschot, Amsterdam
From: In den zoeten inval en andere gedichten
Publisher: Van Oorschot, Amsterdam
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The new republic
The new republic is strong.Men write it on blank walls.
Schoolboys stare at it long
and sing an Anacreontic song.
The sun shoots up and falls
to pieces across the eaves.
Everyone, wonder of wonders,
is somehow involved in the deed.
When night falls on the square,
round a brasero, silly and warm,
a fashion seamstress dances
with a democratic gendarme.
© 1964, James S. Holmes
From: Delta: A review of arts life and thought in the Netherlands
Publisher: 1964, Delta, Amsterdam
From: Delta: A review of arts life and thought in the Netherlands
Publisher: 1964, Delta, Amsterdam
The new republic
The new republic is strong.Men write it on blank walls.
Schoolboys stare at it long
and sing an Anacreontic song.
The sun shoots up and falls
to pieces across the eaves.
Everyone, wonder of wonders,
is somehow involved in the deed.
When night falls on the square,
round a brasero, silly and warm,
a fashion seamstress dances
with a democratic gendarme.
© 1964, James S. Holmes
From: Delta: A review of arts life and thought in the Netherlands
Publisher: 1964, Delta, Amsterdam
From: Delta: A review of arts life and thought in the Netherlands
Publisher: 1964, Delta, Amsterdam
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