Gedicht
Gaston Burssens
Despair
Along the sloping plain of the sensesthe moon once pushed her stark light
And whoever ventured on this plain
has weighed himself
and lighter than the rays
has bent his own fragility
And this is good
The rays have not been violated yet
and the starkness of the light remains inviolate
Only the iron of your senses has been twisted
and has been weighed and found too light
© Translation: 1982, John Stevens Wade
From: Anthology
Publisher: Arts End Books, Newton, 1982
From: Anthology
Publisher: Arts End Books, Newton, 1982
DESPAIR
© 1935, the estate of Gaston Burssens
From: Alles is mogelijk in een gedicht. Verzamelde verzen 1914-1965
Publisher: Meulenhoff/Manteau, Antwerp/Amsterdam
From: Alles is mogelijk in een gedicht. Verzamelde verzen 1914-1965
Publisher: Meulenhoff/Manteau, Antwerp/Amsterdam
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DESPAIR
© 1935, the estate of Gaston Burssens
From: Alles is mogelijk in een gedicht. Verzamelde verzen 1914-1965
Publisher: 2005, Meulenhoff/Manteau, Antwerp/Amsterdam
From: Alles is mogelijk in een gedicht. Verzamelde verzen 1914-1965
Publisher: 2005, Meulenhoff/Manteau, Antwerp/Amsterdam
Despair
Along the sloping plain of the sensesthe moon once pushed her stark light
And whoever ventured on this plain
has weighed himself
and lighter than the rays
has bent his own fragility
And this is good
The rays have not been violated yet
and the starkness of the light remains inviolate
Only the iron of your senses has been twisted
and has been weighed and found too light
© 1982, John Stevens Wade
From: Anthology
Publisher: 1982, Arts End Books, Newton
From: Anthology
Publisher: 1982, Arts End Books, Newton
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