Poem
Miriam Van hee
WINTER IN THE SOUTH
I imagined the windwithout shrubs and trees
and the sun without our skin
then I saw you walking with your arms
lifted from your body as if
you were about to leave the earth
as if you were trying out the wind
beyond the mountains in the distance
somewhere the sea had to lie
but not within sight
and I thought that everything was just as it should be
the intimate blue of the sky
and our purple shadows
across the snow
© Translation: 2005, Judith Wilkinson
WINTER IN HET ZUIDEN
WINTER IN HET ZUIDEN
ik stelde me de wind voorzonder struiken en bomen
en de zon zonder onze huid
toen zag ik je lopen met je armen
van je lichaam vandaan alsof
je de aarde zou gaan verlaten
alsof je de wind probeerde
achter de bergen moest in de verte
de zee ergens zijn
maar we zagen haar niet
en ik dacht dat alles zo hoorde
het innige blauw van de lucht
en onze purperen schaduwen
over de sneeuw
© 1998, Miriam Van hee
From: Achter de bergen
Publisher: De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam
From: Achter de bergen
Publisher: De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam
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WINTER IN THE SOUTH
I imagined the windwithout shrubs and trees
and the sun without our skin
then I saw you walking with your arms
lifted from your body as if
you were about to leave the earth
as if you were trying out the wind
beyond the mountains in the distance
somewhere the sea had to lie
but not within sight
and I thought that everything was just as it should be
the intimate blue of the sky
and our purple shadows
across the snow
© 2005, Judith Wilkinson
From: Achter de bergen
From: Achter de bergen
WINTER IN THE SOUTH
I imagined the windwithout shrubs and trees
and the sun without our skin
then I saw you walking with your arms
lifted from your body as if
you were about to leave the earth
as if you were trying out the wind
beyond the mountains in the distance
somewhere the sea had to lie
but not within sight
and I thought that everything was just as it should be
the intimate blue of the sky
and our purple shadows
across the snow
© 2005, Judith Wilkinson
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