The Taste of You Leaving

The Taste of You Leaving

Despair is soft and gritty,
It wraps around my limbs,
I take a dose of pity -
Soapy, melty thin.
I eat up all my heartbreak,
A raw-edged, chewy hide.
It is so very filling
And settles its weight inside.

Le goût de ton départ

 (extrait)

Le desespoir est doux et reche 

Il s’enroule autour de mes membres 

Je prends une dose de pitié - 

Mousseuse, fine couche fondante. 

Je mange tous mes chagrins

Bord, brut, cache moelleuse. 

Si rassasiant 

Et pèse son poids en moi.

Traduction : Catherine Le Pelley

De smaak van jouw vertrek

(fragment)

Wanhoop is zacht en schurend, 

Het wikkelt zich om mijn ledematen, 

Ik neem een dosis medelijden -

Zeperig, smeltend dun.

Ik eet al mijn hartzeer op

Een ruw, taai vel. 

Het is zo ontzettend vullend 

En nestelt zich zwaar van binnen. 

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