Poem
Nachoem M. Wijnberg
SONG
The way I lie in bedafter waking up first,
why can I only remember
what I saw or thought
from when I got up, carefully.
What I listen to
because you listened to it,
and me without telling you,
waiting for you to come back,
alone in your house.
I want to go back there,
without you,
that’s not difficult,
you’re nowhere to be found,
who’ll stop me.
I try to think of
all possible disturbances,
enlarging them one by one
until I can measure them,
that’s how one does an experiment.
Then I know what I have,
what I miss is,
why I feel the way I feel,
listening to
what has been listened to.
© Translation: 2007, David Colmer
LIEDJE
LIEDJE
Hoe ik in bed lag,als ik als eerste wakker was,
waarom kan ik mij pas herinneren
wat ik zag of dacht
vanaf dat ik voorzichtig opstond.
Waar ik naar luister
omdat jij er naar luisterde,
en ik zonder het je te zeggen,
als ik wachtte tot je terugkwam,
alleen in je huis.
Wil daarheen terug,
zonder jou,
dat is niet moeilijk,
je bent toch nergens te vinden,
wie houdt mij tegen.
Ik probeer te bedenken
welke verstoringen mogelijk zijn,
om ze een voor een
groter te maken tot ik ze kan meten,
zo doe je een experiment.
Dan weet ik beter wat ik heb,
wat ik mis is,
waarom ik mij voel zoals ik voel,
luisteren naar
waar naar geluisterd is.
© 2006, Nachoem M. Wijnberg
From: Liedjes
Publisher: Contact, Amsterdam
From: Liedjes
Publisher: Contact, Amsterdam
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SONG
The way I lie in bedafter waking up first,
why can I only remember
what I saw or thought
from when I got up, carefully.
What I listen to
because you listened to it,
and me without telling you,
waiting for you to come back,
alone in your house.
I want to go back there,
without you,
that’s not difficult,
you’re nowhere to be found,
who’ll stop me.
I try to think of
all possible disturbances,
enlarging them one by one
until I can measure them,
that’s how one does an experiment.
Then I know what I have,
what I miss is,
why I feel the way I feel,
listening to
what has been listened to.
© 2007, David Colmer
From: Liedjes
From: Liedjes
SONG
The way I lie in bedafter waking up first,
why can I only remember
what I saw or thought
from when I got up, carefully.
What I listen to
because you listened to it,
and me without telling you,
waiting for you to come back,
alone in your house.
I want to go back there,
without you,
that’s not difficult,
you’re nowhere to be found,
who’ll stop me.
I try to think of
all possible disturbances,
enlarging them one by one
until I can measure them,
that’s how one does an experiment.
Then I know what I have,
what I miss is,
why I feel the way I feel,
listening to
what has been listened to.
© 2007, David Colmer
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