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

Poet

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Poems

Kurkje

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