Kurkje

Kurkje

ik ben een heel klein kurkje
ik ben een heel klein kurkje
je moet me redden
ik heb een wenkbrauw van stroop
ik heb een wenkbrauw van zout
ik mag mij niet bewegen anders
valt de wenkbrauw van mijn hoofd
ik ben een heel klein kurkje

Cork

I am a little cork
I am a little cork
you have to save me
I have a brow of treacle
I have a brow of salt
I mustn’t move ‘cause if I did
my face would drop its brow
I am a little cork

Translation: David Colmer

Bouchon

je suis un tout petit bouchon
je suis un tout petit bouchon
il vous faut me sauver
j’ai un sourcil en mélasse
j’ai un sourcil en sel
si jamais je bouge
le sourcil tombe de ma tête
je suis un tout petit bouchon

Traduction : Daniel Cunin

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Kurkje

  • Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity
  • Greenland Representation to the European Union
  • Commission européenne
  • Polish Institute - Cultural Service of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Brussels
  • LUCA School of Arts
  • Embassy of Andorra
  • Czech Centre Brussels
  • Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the Kingdom of Belgium
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Estonia to the European Union
  • Greenlandic Writers Association
  • Istituto Italiano di Cultura
  • Spain Arts and Culture - Cultural and Scientific Service of the Embassy of Spain in Belgium
  • Camões Instituto de Cooperação e Língua Portugal
  • Ville de Bruxelles
  • Swedish Institute
  • Scottish Government EU Office
  • Embassy of Ireland
  • Mission of the Faroes to the EU
  • It Skriuwersboun
  • Romanian Cultural Institute in Brussels
  • Embassy of Sweden
  • Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Belgium
  • Ambassade du Luxembourg à Bruxelles
  • Austrian Cultural Forum
  • Yunus Emre Institute
  • Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU
  • Danish Cultural Institute
  • Leeuwarden Europan Capital of Culture 2018
  • Instituto Cervantes Brussels
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union
  • Orfeu - Livraria Portuguesa
  • Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren
  • MuntPunt
  • Hungarian Cultural Institute Brussels
  • Lithuanian Culture Institute
  • LOFT 58
  • Etxepare Euskal Institutua
  • Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union