Wholeheartedly lived against death
till something unexpected mirrors you
for instance in a poem, so
fragile that you never thought
that it existed
That wrings itself
through all your pores, rises
from the paper and
looks at you like a doe
Well, that's a homecoming:
to see who you are
in this moment
Translation: Annmarie Sauer, Ich bin / I am (2012)
Thúskomst
Ynmoedich tsjin de dea libbe
oant wat ûnferwachte dy spegelet
in gedicht bygelyks, sa
breklik datst noait tochtst
dat it bestie
Dat him wrot
út al dyn poarjes, oereinkomt
fan it papier en dy
oansjocht as in ree
Dat is nochris thúskomme:
sjen wa’tst bist
op dit stuit
Oersetting: Syds Wiersma (2019)