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Melancholy

A fool or a genius I wanted to be
Now I’m something in between.
Hence the eternal hopeful waiting
and the outcome: melancholy.

© Translation: 2003, Tanis Guest
From: The Low Countries 11
Publisher: Ons Erfdeel, Rekkem, 2003

Melancholie

Melancholie

Ik wenste snul te zijn of genie.
Nu hang ik tussen beiden.
Vandaar het eeuwig verbeiden,
en de uitkomst: melancholie.

© 1955, Richard Minne
From: In den zoeten inval en andere gedichten
Publisher: Van Oorschot, Amsterdam

Richard Minne

Richard Minne

(Belgium, 1891 - 1965)

Richard Minne counts among Flanders’ most respected poets, but also among its loneliest. The latter should be taken both literally and figuratively: Minne stood alone with his poetry and spent the better part of his life alone.

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Melancholy

A fool or a genius I wanted to be
Now I’m something in between.
Hence the eternal hopeful waiting
and the outcome: melancholy.

© 2003, Tanis Guest
From: The Low Countries 11
Publisher: 2003, Ons Erfdeel, Rekkem

Melancholy

A fool or a genius I wanted to be
Now I’m something in between.
Hence the eternal hopeful waiting
and the outcome: melancholy.

© 2003, Tanis Guest
From: The Low Countries 11
Publisher: 2003, Ons Erfdeel, Rekkem

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